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Team Motivation
We love the topics of motivation and engagement, as we’ve been living them all our career long. Deep dive here with us into what matters most, enjoy, and read our hints and tips in between the lines
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The Team Leader’s Guide To Engaging External Workers
You are an engaged team leader and responsible for strategic assets and projects. You have a diverse team to manage. External workers are part of it. You are pleased with the expertise they bring. But above all, you value their self-reliance, which - you think -...
How Perspective Taking Propels Motivation In Project Teams
The end of my presentation was approaching. For 60 minutes, I had showcased the merits of inspiring project leadership to an international community of project professionals. Before finally closing, I wanted everybody to get a feel for what their rational mind had...
“The Branch Manager Didn’t Tell Us”
We've been into the Corona crisis for more than half a year now. Sadly the number of people getting infected is on the rise again. Traveling back and forth between Germany and the Czech Republic, I have seen a vast array of measures that have helped both countries...
Why MicroManagers Drive Us Into Disengagement
"Oh no, not him again," shot through Michael's mind when answering the project owner's call. He was with his operations team, just checking in on a technical issue the security experts believed to have stumbled upon. Unfortunately, the news of a potential problem had...
Why S.M.A.R.T. Goals Are Not Smart Enough
"Ups, it's about time to kick off the target agreement talks with my team members," thinks Michael, who has recently made it from the first subject matter expert to the head of the database team in the IT department. He had already received the second reminder from HR...
How To Engage People Working From Home ?
This was the critical question of a two-day conference hosted by the Human Capital Insitute this week. HR and management experts from various companies like Salesforce and Southwest Air shared their approaches to adapting to the new challenges from an employee...