Managers everywhere want teams that are effective, focused and committed to organizational goals.
With a team like this, just think of the performance and results you could deliver!
Teams only perform like this if their managers are motivating them effectively.
This is why you need to be able to motivate your team if you want to create a productive work environment. By combining good motivational practices with meaningful work, the setting of performance goals, and use of an effective reward system, you can establish the kind of atmosphere and culture that you need to excel.
The better you are able to link these factors together, the higher your team's motivation levels will likely be. That's a win-win for you, them, and the organization.
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This interactive motivational-skills quiz will help you to identify the aspects of team motivation that you can improve.
Take the test and apply the things you learn from it. You could well see the performance of your team soar!
How Good Are Your Motivation Skills?
Take the quiz below, and click the "Calculate my total" button at the bottom of the test to assess your motivation skills.
Instructions
For each statement, click the button in the column that best describes you. Please answer questions as you actually are (rather than how you think you should be), and don't worry if some questions seem to score in the "wrong direction." When you are finished, click the "Calculate My Total" button at the bottom of the test.
As you answered the questions, you probably had some insight into areas where the motivational practices you use could be improved. The following is a quick summary of the main areas of motivation that were explored in the quiz, and a guide to the specific tools you can use for each.
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Tip:
Think carefully about the goals that you set, and make sure that you adapt them to circumstances in a reasonable way. If you're too rigid with your goals, you may unwittingly motivate members of your team to "cut corners" in order to reach them.
Understanding Individual Differences in Motivation
(Questions 5, 9, 10, 11)
Key Points
If you want to build a high-performance team, then you absolutely have to learn how to motivate team members. Side benefits of this include high levels of job satisfaction, high performance, and good staff retention.
You can stimulate high performance by providing interesting and challenging work, helping people to set and achieve meaningful goals, and recognizing and rewarding great work in ways that are valued by each individual.
Making a point of motivating people is a challenge in itself. Once you decide that you're up to it, however, you too will reap the rewards and benefits. This creates a momentum that will help you and your team achieve great success together.
Note:
This assessment has not been validated and is intended for illustrative purposes only. It is just one of many that help you evaluate your abilities in a wide range of important career skills.
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