Top Tips for Motivating your Team
Being a good project manager is not simply about having a tight grip on the reins and chasing up colleagues to ensure work is done correctly and on time. It's also about motivating the entire team to do a good job and care about the project and its outcomes. Consultancies are often full of bold personalities and so with a variety of potential clashing rivals, sometimes things can be difficult. But a good project manager will remain cool under pressure and ensure that everyone is united under the same goal - to solve the financial problems facing the company.
Take a look at the following 10 websites for helpful advice...
- Loads of advice from Techrepublic on things you can do straight away to improve your team relations. More
- A great printable pdf explaining how to be a great manager that can motivate their team. More
- TLNT (Talent Management - HR) has a great article here on how to keep motivating people, even when times get stressful. More
- 10 simple ideas from LinkedIn explaining how to keep up encouragement and playing to the strengths of individual team members. More
- Take this Mindtools test to see what kind of project manager you are and how to improve your motivation techniques. More
- A useful post to take heed of in the current economic climate - how to ensure motivation within a team is maintained cheaply. More
- List of ten simple rules to keep your team engaged - including beer time and friday fun! More
- If you are working for a large consultancy firm with offices across the world, your team might not even be all in one place. This article explains how to manage an offshore team. More
- Quite an academic article about unlocking motivation in staff - worth a read though as it is simply explained but using sociological theories. More
- A great list of 14 'dos' and 'don'ts' in management - take heed and don't make the common mistakes! More