10 Team Motivation Killers and How to Fix Them
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10 Team Motivation Killers and How to Fix Them

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A happy team is also a productive team and Weekdone (https://weekdone.com) always gives its best to help leaders build better, more engaged and efficiently collaborating teams. ...

A happy team is also a productive team and Weekdone (https://weekdone.com) always gives its best to help leaders build better, more engaged and efficiently collaborating teams.

That is why, this time, we took a closer look into team leaders' behaviors and discovered some surprising mistakes that drive away top talent. (Read more https://blog.weekdone.com/how-to-boost-team-performance-10-steps/).

In order to boost team performance and motivation, we hope you can avoid these team motivation killers. Summing up the infographic, the 10 mistakes that can kill team performance and motivation are:

1. Not paying your team-members what they're worth
2. Not providing an environment that nurtures productivity
3. Not providing the chance to learn
4. Not letting team-members have a say in anything
5. Not paying attention on your teams happiness
6. Not cultivating an open culture
7. Not setting clearly defined objectives
8. Not providing enough freedom
9. Not preparing properly for team meetings
10. Not appreciating teams time

Reflect on your behavior, fix these mistakes and get ready to boost your team performance and motivation.

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  • 1. 10 TEAM MOTIVATION KILLERS HOW TO FIX THEM Happy team is a productive team. Avoid motivation killers and implement fixes to amend the situations.
  • 2. 1. INADEQUATE REWARDS Not paying your team-members what they’re worth. x% x+5% 26% of Engaged Employees would leave their current job for just a 5% pay increase Fix: Clearly define an open rewards system
  • 3. 2. AWFUL OFFICE SPACE Not providing an environment that nurtures productivity Open oce setups report 62% more sick days Fix: Re-think the open oce layout
  • 4. 3. NO SELF-DEVELOPMENT Not providing the chance to learn PERSONAL TIME M T W T F S S Did you know? Google allows employees spend 20% of time on their own personal projects Fix: Send your team to a fun training
  • 5. 4. INEFFICIENT COLLABORATION Not letting team-members have a say in anything     On average, 39% of workers don’t feel their input is appreciated Fix: Ask a question every now and then.
  • 6. 5. NEGATIVE PEOPLE Not paying attention on your teams happiness     24% of actively disengaged employees spread negativity to coworkers. Fix: Measure employee happiness  
  • 7. 6. FEAR OF FAILURE Not cultivating an open culture FAILURE Did you know? Warren Buett was rejected by Harvard University. Fix: Don’t punish people for their honest mistakes
  • 8. 7. LACK OF CLEAR GOALS Not setting clearly defined objectives and a focus.  63% of study respondents said that not knowing which work was the priority wasted their time Fix: Implement OKR’s (Objectives and Key Results). Learn more: https://weekdone.com/resources/objectives-key-results
  • 9. 8. MICROMANAGING BOSSES Not giving enough freedom to the team 38% would rather do unpleasant activities than sit next to their micromanaging boss. Fix: Use the PPP (progress, plans, problems) process to get insights Learn more: https://weekdone.com/resources/plans-progress-problems
  • 10. 9. USELESS MEETINGS Not providing an agenda and not sticking the time-schedule Average professional wastes 3,8 hours per week on unproductive meetings Fix: Use http://teammeetingchecklist.com to properly prepare
  • 11. 10. WASTING YOUR TEAM’S TIME Team is willing to work long hours, if they feel their time is not wasted. 12 9 3 96% of respondents felt they receive unnecessary e-mails that waste their time Fix: Use smart tools like Weekdone to collaborate with the team Learn more: https://weekdone.com
  • 12. WEEKDONE - STATUS REPORTING SOFTWARE LOVED BY EMPLOYEES AND MANAGERS FROM SMES TO Sources: FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES. 1. Dale Carnegie Training® - Employee Engagement Study 2013 [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130211005999/en/Dale-Carnegie-Training-Uncovers-Major-Drivers-Employee#.V ChQd2eSwuu] 2. Center for Creative Leadership [http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/AlwaysOn.pdf] 3. State of the American Workplace Report 2013 – Gallup [http://www.gallup.com/strategicconsulting/163007/state-american-workplace.aspx] 4. Microsoft Oce Survey [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2005/mar05/03-15threeproductivedayspr.aspx] 5. Oce of National Statistics, 2012 http://fairfieldprofessionals.com/insights/145-interruptions-distractions-and-technology 6. Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan oces 2011 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21528171] 7. Market Tools Inc. September 2010