understanding team motivation

understanding team motivation

1. The meaning of motivation

   • Drive to behave in a certain way
   • Decision to start an activity
   • Effort to complete an activity
   • Enthusiasm
   • Willingnesss
   • Pursuit of a goal
   • incentive to complete an activity

2. Factors that effect the level of motivation of team members

   • Factors that motivate positively
     • Reward: (financial, praise, recognition, celebrating success
     • Shared vision and values
     • Feeling valued
     • Fostering of creativity
     • Stretching talents
     • Feedback
     • Aspirations encouraged
   • Negative motivation
     • Favouritism
     • Excessive workload
     • Lack of recognition
     • Not feeling appreciated
     • Pay and working conditions

3. Techniques that can be used to motivate team members

   • Regular team briefings
   • Team reviews
   • Team and individual goal settings
   • Support
   • Rewards
   • Constructive feedback
   • Incentives
   • One to one meetings
   • Setting a good example
   • Equal treatment of all team members
   • Consistency and fairness
   • Offering learning and development opportunities for team members
   • Encouraging aspirations
   • providing opportunities for stretching talents

4. How motivated staff affects an organisation

   • Customer relations/ retentions
   • Work output
   • Profitability
   • Growing customer base
   • Business performance
   • Retention of staff
   • Reputation
   • Recruitment: (Costs reduced, better applicants, staff turnover reduced)