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IT’S ALL ABOUT TEAMWORK….. HERE IS A TEAMBUILDING EXERCISE FOR YOU
This is quite fun for a group of 8-20 people. This is a great introductory problem solving
activity. It requires people to be in close proximity but they are not allowed to touch.
Question for your team afterwards - What issues should our group focus our attention and
energies on? And How can our group do more with less?
INSTRUCTIONS: Get a tennis ball and instruct your team to have everyone touch the ball
at the same time without touching each other (including hair or clothing).
This should take 5-15 minutes. Caution, your team members may become contortionists.
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Can you have FUN at work? Do your employees feel like they can
have FUN at work? Hmmmmm, let’s think about it.
Getting people to do their best (obtain scarce goods, including intangibles such as social status); bond
work, even in trying circum- (form connections with individuals and groups); comprehend (satisfy our
stances, is one of a managers’ curiosity and master the world around us); and defend (protect against
most enduring and slippery external threats and promote justice).
challenges. Indeed, deciphering But what actions, precisely, can managers take to satisfy the four drives
what motivates us as human and, thereby, increase their employees’ overall motivation?
beings is a centuries-old puzzle.
Certain drives influence some motivational indicators more than others.
Some of history’s most influen-
Fulfilling the drive to bond has the greatest effect on employee commit-
tial thinkers about human
ment, for example, whereas meeting the drive to comprehend is most
behavior—among them Aris-
closely linked with employee engagement. But a company can best im-
totle, Adam Smith, Sigmund
prove overall motivational scores by satisfying all four drives in concert.
Freud, and Abraham Maslow—
The whole is more than the sum of its parts; a poor showing on one drive
have struggled to understand its
substantially diminishes the impact of high scores on the other three.
nuances and have taught us a
Article from Harvard Business Review HBR.org
tremendous amount about why
people do the things they do.
Managers attempting to boost
motivation should take note. It’s
hard to argue with the accepted
wisdom—backed by empirical
evidence—that a motivated
workforce means better
corporate performance.
Research suggests that people
are guided by four basic
emotional needs, or drives, that
are the product of our common
evolutionary heritage.
These drives underlie every-
thing we do. Drives to acquire
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