Part 5 in a 12-part series. This post covers motivated people.
In part four of this series, Blake McMillian covers Collaboration can Prevent Waste. Rightly, he points out, “Businesspeople and developers must work together daily throughout the project.”
Consequently, this is key concept teams need to understand. Also, those people need to be motivated in their work.
Principles behind the Agile Manifesto
Work engagement is a challenge today. A Gallup article points to the prior statement.
“Ways of working” and where work is done have changed. As a result, Principle #5 is more important today than at any time in the past.
Truly understanding this principle helps teams navigate uncertainty. So, what does that look like?
Enabling motivated people
The last part of the Principle is key to granting the first part. It breaks down into three points.
- “Give them the environment . . . they need”
- “Give them the support . . . they need”
- “Trust them to get the job done”
If any one of these three points in bold is missing, then the team suffers. Consider these minimum requirements for motivation.
What do these, environment, support, trust, look like to a team?
The list is long and would take forever to fill in this post. However, I consider the following, for me.
- First, low to moderate pressure (environment)
- Second, genuine assistance (support)
- Third, action on feedback (support)
- Fourth, short, quick status reports (trust)
- Fifth, fun and engaging (environment)
- Sixth, open to feedback (trust)
I’m curious, what is missing from this list? Please add your comments.
Blake brings us to principle #6, in this post – “How We Communicate Matters“.
Principle 1, Principle 2, Principle 3, Principle 4, Principle 5, Principle 6, Principle 7, Principle 8, Principle 9, Principle 10, Principle 11, Principle 12
