How do you motivate your team?

How do you make sure your team is motivated? It is important to keep the motivation of a team intact so that it remains efficient over time. Today, we are talking to you about the three essential axes of motivation. These three axes are purpose, control and autonomy.

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Axis 1: the purpose

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What does purpose mean? This means that it is important for everyone to have the elements to know what they are doing for. We come back to questions of meaning, but also to questions of values. It is not for nothing that companies put values on their pediments, these have a role to play in the motivation of the team. So the question is: is the purpose clear for everyone? If you are a manager, if you are a manager? Have you made sure that everyone knows what the purpose of the work that is being done is?

Axis 2: mastery

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The second axis is control. Mastery means feeling expert, feeling that you are achieving and succeeding in your performance, that you are learning, that you are continuing to develop and that you know exactly what you are doing and how to do it. And as a result, we have room for manoeuvre because we control what we do. It's like a theater actor, it's because he has rehearsed a lot that afterwards, he feels free on stage. But how do you ensure that others have the ideal conditions to develop their mastery? Have the trainings been done? These are not necessarily external training, it may be the transmission of knowledge between experts. All this allows you to develop your mastery and therefore your motivation.

Axis 3: autonomy

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Finally, the last axis is autonomy. This is all the more possible when you have the first two conditions. We know why we do things, we know how to do them, thanks to purpose and control. And so, because there is already a framework, because there are processes, we can give autonomy to people. The right combination of giving support and providing a framework is what allows people to be stimulated, and it is what allows everyone to find their way around and what makes us help them.

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In summary, to have an efficient and motivated team, you must perfectly manage the three essential axes of motivation: purpose, control and autonomy.

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