Motivation and Morale

The question I am most frequently asked is how to motivate others. Another frequent question is how to motivate yourself!

If you have ever been in a high performing team you will have noticed motivation and morale figured very highly. Great leaders know how to motivate others and can encourage a team to achieve a goal, however to build and sustain a high performing team there must be high motivation and morale from within that team. The same applies to individuals, as any personal performance is also linked to the same two key elements.

Motivation is about what makes people want to work to achieve something. These can be from outside (leadership or coaching) or inside (desire and internal dialogue). Morale is more than just job satisfaction, it should be about attitude, confidence, and fighting spirit.

Irrespective of whether a group or an individual, performance has a relationship to motivation and morale. So in order to achieve high performance in any arena, we must first analyse and utilise what we need in these respects from the leader, coach and ourselves.

 

Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2017

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