10 more terrific ways to motivate creative team behaviours

1.Encourage people to try and win, rather than to avoid losing. The latter develops caution when you should welcome boldness

2.Live up to your end of the employment bargain (usually enthusiastically described during recruitment interviews); and expect your people to do the same. And, this means telling the truth – warts and all – during interview situations

3.Make sure people are prepared to score out or reject their favourite ideas; if and when a better one can be written in. If people become defensive of “their” ideas or actions, barriers are put in the way of improvement

4.Let people write down the “silly rules” that hamper their achievements. Once you’ve discovered a better way of doing it, let that person tear up and destroy the piece of paper

5.Encourage your people to tell you about half-an-idea; rather than feel they must almost wait for the “finished article”. If each scientist kept every thought to themselves – the world would still be waiting to move out of the dark ages

6.Realise that small gestures you make send big signals to your people - so send the right signals. Your people watch carefully – and try to analyse your attitudes rather than simply listening to what you think you are saying

7.Think what you can do with new information; rather than simply adding it to the current store. It’s very easy to end up with cupboards-full of useless – or unused but useful - information

8.Encourage “creative theft” - taking and improving existing ideas is a great way to be creative. Whilst, of course, paying use to attention to copyright, patents and the like!

9.Ask your people to “own” their share of the operation. People are much more involved in “ownership” than simply “working for”. Once people see their work as “their company or organisation” they are more likely to perform to their best

10.Finally, be a source of energy to your people; rather than putting the brakes on their progress (whether deliberately or by accident)

Motivation is something that happens inwardly - the thirty ideas in these three articles are intended to help you help your people feel motivated within themselves. Good luck

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