# Unlock Student Motivation with Stephen de Groot Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/teachers-on-fire-1926004/unlock-student-motivation-with-stephen-de-groot Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/teachers-on-fire-1926004/unlock-student-motivation-with-stephen-de-groot.md Podcast: [Teachers on Fire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/teachers-on-fire-1926004) Published: 2026-06-29T04:53:58+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/unlock-student-motivation-with-stephen-de-groot--72735929 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72735929/427008972_44100_2_0ddcdb0af49cd.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/teachers-on-fire-1926004/episodes/unlock-student-motivation-with-stephen-de-groot Duration seconds: 1219 ## Resource → How do needs, values, goals, and strengths reframe how we motivate and engage learners?→ What are the things that actually drain motivation for students in the classroom and at home?→ How can teachers build better Regulation, Resources, and Relationships for students in their classrooms?Welcome back to the Teachers on Fire Podcast, airing live on YouTube most Saturday mornings at 8am Pacific, 11am Eastern. My name is Tim Cavey, and my mission here is to warm your heart, spark your thinking, and ignite your professional practice.Today’s Teacher on Fire is Stephen De Groot. Stephen has spent his career focused on one central idea: helping people get to better. As president and co-founder of Brivia, he has worked with more than 300 organizations across 12 countries and presented to more than 50,000 people worldwide. His experience spans an unusually wide range of environments, from working with at-risk youth, gang members, and correctional institutions to coaching CEOs, military leaders, and professionals in sectors such as mining, healthcare, law, and business.A former adjunct professor of human behaviour theory, de Groot is the author of Getting to Better: A New Model for Elevating Human Potential at Work and in Life, which reached the Top 3 on Amazon Canada’s Hot New Releases in Business Leadership, as well as the Top 100 in Interpersonal Relations, Leadership, and Management.You can connect with Stephen De Grooton LinkedIn, on Instagram @StephendeGrootOfficial, andat his website, gettingtobetter.com .Timestamps from This Episode 0:00:00 - Stephen de Groot is an author, speaker, and consultant 1:47 - How Getting to Better connects with the classroom 2:51 - How the Core 4 Dimensions motivate learners 4:52 - Universal truths about human motivation 8:01 - Educators need… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/teachers-on-fire-1926004/episodes/unlock-student-motivation-with-stephen-de-groot/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/teachers-on-fire-1926004/unlock-student-motivation-with-stephen-de-groot.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.