Allier Gruppen: Developing both people and organisation through employee conversations
Eirin Eriksen Horvei
October 14, 2026
In Osterøy Municipality, Motivati works well as a tool for following up KS's 10-factor survey at individual level. For managers, it has become a concrete tool for getting “from words to action” and developing a higher degree of mastery-oriented leadership, says Marit Vinnes, HR adviser at Osterøy Municipality.
Motivati has developed a new method that ensures individually tailored dialogue with each employee. The starting point is the employee appraisal, where each person has the opportunity to bring what matters most to them in their work situation here and now to the table. The method has also been researched by BI Norwegian Business School, with good results.
Vinnes also believes the difference between the employee appraisal before and after Motivati is significant.
– There is a better focus, where managers get to talk to each person about what matters to them. It also provides an opportunity to align expectations, which is felt to be very important. The employee appraisal has become clearer and more relevant. It is no longer just something you have to get through and tick off in the calendar.
Implementing yet another new system can quickly feel overwhelming, and is rarely something people embark on with enthusiasm. For the municipality, the easy implementation has been crucial.
– My experience after going through the first round is that it is simple and flexible to use. It is easy to make changes in the system, and it is of great value that the tool can be adapted to our structure, with many employees in different sectors, says Vinnes.
Motivati has also focused on developing a tool that makes follow-up easier, so that the development of each employee and the organisation as a whole can be looked after well.
– This is a tool we will be able to get more and more out of as we use it a few times and become more confident. It will also be developmental for both managers and employees, as important values such as trust and safety must be developed in order to get the most out of the tool.
