10 Team Motivation Killers and How to Fix Them
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This document outlines 10 team motivation killers and provides suggestions on how to fix them. The motivation killers are: 1) inadequate rewards, 2) awful office space, 3) no self-development, 4) inefficient collaboration, 5) negative people, 6) fear of failure, 7) lack of clear goals, 8) micromanaging bosses, 9) useless meetings, and 10) wasting team time. Suggested fixes include clearly defining a rewards system, rethinking open office layouts, providing training opportunities, asking for team input, measuring employee happiness, not punishing mistakes, implementing objectives and key results, giving freedom to the team, properly preparing for meetings, and using collaboration tools.
10 Team Motivation Killers and How to Fix Them
- 1. Happy team is a productive team. Avoid motivation killers and implement fixes to amend the situations. 10 TEAM MOTIVATION KILLERS HOW TO FIX THEM
- 2. Not paying your team-members what they’re worth. 26% of Engaged Employees would leave their current job for just a 5% pay increase 1. INADEQUATE REWARDS Fix: Clearly define an open rewards system x% x+5%
- 3. Not providing an environment that nurtures productivity Open office setups report 62% more sick days 2. AWFUL OFFICE SPACE Fix: Re-think the open office layout
- 4. Not providing the chance to learn Did you know? Google allows employees spend 20% of time on their own personal projects 3. NO SELF-DEVELOPMENT Fix: Send your team to a fun training M T W T F S S PERSONAL TIME
- 5. Not letting team-members have a say in anything On average, 39% of workers don’t feel their input is appreciated 4. INEFFICIENT COLLABORATION Fix: Ask a question every now and then.
- 6. Not paying attention on your teams happiness 24% of actively disengaged employees spread negativity to coworkers. 5. NEGATIVE PEOPLE Fix: Measure employee happiness
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- 8. Not cultivating an open culture Did you know? Warren Buffett was rejected by Harvard University. 6. FEAR OF FAILURE Fix: Don’t punish people for their honest mistakes FAILURE
- 9. Not setting clearly defined objectives and a focus. 63% of study respondents said that not knowing which work was the priority wasted their time 7. LACK OF CLEAR GOALS Fix: Implement OKR’s (Objectives and Key Results). Learn more: https://weekdone.com/resources/objectives-key-results Ʊ
- 10. Fix: Use the PPP (progress, plans, problems) process to get insights Learn more: https://weekdone.com/resources/plans-progress-problems 38% would rather do unpleasant activities than sit next to their micromanaging boss. Not giving enough freedom to the team 8. MICROMANAGING BOSSES
- 11. Fix: Use http://teammeetingchecklist.com to properly prepare 9. USELESS MEETINGS Not providing an agenda and not sticking the time-schedule Average professional wastes 3,8 hours per week on unproductive meetings
- 12. Fix: Use smart tools like Weekdone to collaborate with the team Learn more: https://weekdone.com 12 39 Team is willing to work long hours, if they feel their time is not wasted. 96% of respondents felt they receive unnecessary e-mails that waste their time 10. WASTING YOUR TEAM’S TIME
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- 14. RELATED CONTENT LEADER'S GUIDE TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE AT WORK 10 WAYS TO IMPROVE INTERNAL COMMUNICATION 9 UNIQUE TRAITS OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS to Motivate People at Le ader'sGui de Work ways to improve internal communication Practical tips to: Increase employee engagement Improve company competitiveness Build stronger teams weekdone.com