Chapter 12

Motivate your team

One of the most important jobs as a leader is to motivate the people on your team: you need to be constantly communicating, trusting and investing in your people, and empowering them to achieve great things

As a leader, one of the most important jobs you have is to motivate, encourage and support your team. No team ever stands still: there will always be new joiners and frequent changes in people’s roles and personal circumstances.

Your job is to somehow bind together this merry, ever-changing band; to feed a collective culture and team ethic at the same time as encouraging individuals and helping them to develop their own careers.

It’s a fine balance: you have a part to play, but while you may make some key ...

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