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Motivation according to Spots & Myers
I found this recently and wanted to share it. It came in some text after Maslow, Macgregor and Herzberg which are great references on the subject. However I was kind of taken by the simplicity of this contribution.
I looked up Spots & Myers on Google but I can find no reference. Anyone heard of them? Could this be Isabel Briggs Myers? Hmmm.
Things a manager should do to ensure his team is not productive:
- Ask as much as possible
- Criticise his employees in front of their colleagues
- Blame them for their mistakes
- Treat them without any respect for their feelings
- Do not consult before taking action
- Do not explain your actions
- Refuse to take your employees’ ideas into account
Things a manager should do to ensure his team is productive:
- Provide structure
- Inform
- Listen
- Encourage new ideas and responsibilities
- Consult before taking action
- Show your esteem
- Spend more time on building relationships than technical problems
And with that said, I think the above makes a good reminder of communication objectives for my next mission: communication and team coaching for a complex and pressurized IT project at a major French telecommunication company that is undergoing major contractual changes.
Bon weekend!
Nicholas
[updated with English translation on 6 June 2007, original French is below]
Ce qu’un chef doit faire pour que l’équipe ne soit pas productive:
- Demander plus que possible
- Critiquer ses collaborateurs devant leurs collègues
- Les blâmer pour leurs erreurs
- Les traiter sans respect pour leurs sentiments
- Déclencher l’action sans consulation
- Ne pas expliquer les actions
- Refuser de prendre les idées des collaborateurs en considération
Ce qu’un chef doit faire pour que l’équipe soit productive:
- Prévoir une structure
- Informer
- Ecouter avant de passer à l’action
- Entraîner à plus d’idées, de responsabilités
- Déclencher l’action après consultation
- Montrer de l’estime
- Passer plus de temps sur les rapports humains que sur les problèmes techniques
