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Officiate at your best.
Know what drives you.

The Reiss Motivation Profile gives you the actionable insights that turn pressure into performance, backed by science and built around how you're wired. Once you complete your profile, your BNSW Officiator Hub on MotivationLab opens up for you.

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BNSW exclusive
20 mins to complete
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THE REALITY

Officiating is a rollercoaster, and most people are riding it half-blind.

Most of the downs in officiating come from criticism that doesn’t go anywhere useful, and the ups never seem to last long enough to coast on. Add the constant pressure of making decisions in real time, game after game, and it’s no wonder so many officials burn out before they hit their best years. The way through isn’t more grit. It’s knowing yourself well enough to recognise what fuels you, what drains you, and how to keep showing up after a tough night. That’s where the RMP earns its place.

12,300+

Representative officials across NSW

<20%

Of people are truly self-aware

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Four things your profile will tell you

The Reiss Motivation Profile measures the 16 basic desires that shape how you think, react and perform. Here’s what that looks like in practice for officials.

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01

What gives you energy, and what quietly drains it

Your profile maps the 16 core desires behind your motivation. You will see which ones fuel you and which ones cost you energy without you realising.

02

How you actually make decisions under pressure

Under stress, you default to your strongest motives. Your profile shows what those are so you can recognise the pattern before it plays out.

03

How to work better with the rest of your crew

When you know your own profile, you start to understand why certain crew dynamics work and others don't. It changes how you communicate, debrief, and support each other.

04

How you respond to criticism, feedback and pressure

Some people absorb criticism. Others deflect it. Your profile shows you why, and what to do with that insight so it becomes a strength.

YOUR INSIGHTS, ALWAYS ON

Your hub, built for BNSW officials

Your Profile

See your 16 desires mapped and explained. Interactive, scrollable, and built to help you actually use the science.

Interactive report

Your Personal Coach

An AI coach trained on motivation science and your specific profile. Ask it anything about your results, your crew, or your next game.

Always available

Your Learning Hub

Short lessons that connect your profile to real situations on court. New content added regularly, all tailored to officiating.

Refreshed often

Mine it like a treasure hunter

Your profile is the starting point. The more you explore it, the more you see. Patterns in how you ref, how you prepare, how you recover. It compounds.

“The RMP doesn’t tell you what to do. It shows you what’s already driving you, so you can work with it instead of against it.”
Dr Mel McDonald, Sport Psychologist
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I lost control of a game last week. The coaches were at me all night.
That sounds tough. Let’s look at your profile. Your Tranquility score is low, which means you naturally tolerate stress well, but it also means you might miss the early signs that pressure is building. Want to look at how that played out?
Yeah, that actually makes sense.

PROOF FROM THE PILOT

It already worked for officials like you

90%

felt greater awareness of their own needs and motivations

86%

have a better understanding of other people’s needs

81%

have clearer insight into using their profile to perform at their best

“Honestly a very eye-opening tool for myself. Found some things out that I clearly had a high need for, that I had never really thought about before.”

BNSW Pilot Program Participant

“The most accurate assessment, as I understood myself, that I’ve ever had.”

Steve Clark, Senior Manager Technical Officials, BNSW

Source: BNSW Technical Officials Program Feedback Survey

PEER PROOF

From the officials running the program

Brendan Lloyd and Caitlin Grove, Heads of the SRDP, on what the RMP changed for them and the officials they coach.

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One of the best things about the RMP is it just makes you more tolerant. It’s not saying this is right or wrong. It’s just saying it’s different.

Caitlin Grove

Our profiles could not be more opposite. Everything that’s a strong need in mine is weak in Caitlin’s, and vice versa. And yet we work so well together.

Brendan Lloyd

I know things that Brendan does really well. I lean on those, ask his advice. It goes both ways.

Caitlin Grove

ON COURT

Where the profile shows up on game day

This is not theory. These are the four ways officials in the pilot said the profile changed their performance.

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Four ways it shows up

Decisions with intent

When you know your profile, you understand why you lean a certain way under pressure. That awareness turns reactive calls into deliberate ones.

I used to second-guess myself on tight calls. Now I know what’s driving the hesitation and I can override it.
Pilot participant

Bounce back faster

Everyone gets rattled. Your profile shows what specific triggers hit hardest for you, and what your natural recovery pattern looks like.

I always thought I bounced back quickly. Turns out I was just burying it. Understanding my profile helped me actually process it.
Pilot participant

Energy that lasts the season

Burnout isn’t just about hours. It’s about spending too long operating against your natural motives. Your profile shows where the drain is.

Mid-season was always my wall. Once I saw what was costing me energy, I adjusted and the second half of the season was my best ever.
Pilot participant

Crew chemistry and feedback

When everyone in the crew knows their profile, debriefs change. Feedback becomes specific, personal and constructive instead of generic.

We started sharing profiles in our crew. The debriefs went from awkward to genuinely useful overnight.
Pilot participant

HOW IT WORKS

Three steps. No complexity.

1

Take the Test

A short, validated questionnaire that maps your 16 basic desires. No trick questions, no right answers.

2 minutes
2

Complete your profile

Rank a series of short statements. Your answers build a detailed motivation profile unique to you.

~20 minutes
3

Unlock your Hub

Your profile, coach and learning hub are ready immediately. Start exploring as soon as you finish.

Instant access
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The Bottom Line

It’s a gift.

“It is a genuine gift. If they’ve got any desire to do really well in what they do, whether it be in basketball officiating or life more generally, it’s a no-brainer.”

Steve Clark . Senior Manager Technical Officials, BNSW

Available at exclusive BNSW Officiator pricing, with instant Hub access the moment you finish.