Chapter 8. Motivators

The team was now performing as an agile team with high bandwidth communication, self-organization, collaboration, and teamwork. To ensure everyone maintained the highest level of motivation, Lydia wanted to find out more information regarding what motivated each member of the team. This way she and the team could best ensure each individual on the project remained satisfied.

This chapter discusses three factors that influence the motivation of team members:

• Individual workplace motivators

• Leveraging personal strengths

• Leadership and environment

Individual Workplace Motivators

DISC explains how people will behave. Workplace motivators explain why they behave as they do. As mentioned in Chapter 2, “Behaviors and Individuals ...

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