Motivate Team members

Project Manager has to keep team members motivated always and it is main aspect behind success of any project. There is a lack of top management support and conflicts between team members are the main reasons to motivate the team members.

"When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute." Simon Sinek

Happy team member contribute at its best to the project. If person is not happy then it will be reflected to the result. When any person joins company, he wants work as per his skill. If he not get task as per his skill then he can be demotivated. As a company we have to maintain his enthusiasm and passion by giving him task to challenge him.

Happy employee can maintain better relationship in team and it will be high productivity too. To maintain relations between team is the difficult task for Project Manager. Always maintain all team members on the same page is the key responsibility of Project Manager. Project is most of work as a “We” not as a “Me”.

Project Manager should do :

Keep clear and specific expectation:

Always explain team members about your expectations and vision. Each employee should get proper task with clear understandings. He should get task with defined time period with expected target. It is best to announce any incentives criteria in advance to encourage them if possible. Also it’s necessary that assign task to any person as per his skill set and experience, so he can deliver you best to you. If you assign them task beyond his limit then he can be discouraged.

Maintain positive environment in team:

Always maintain positive atmosphere in team by guide them in a proper way and motivate them when necessary. Try to keep them all in same page for goal and believe them in it. Don’t talk with them negatively, always try to keep them positive about goal of project. Be a positive example against them with good behavior.

Communication:

Project Manager should try to maintain communication channel in team. He has to discuss with them regarding goal of project, deadline or any other issue of project. Any issue can be resolved by discuss with any team member personally to feel them relax. Sometimes talk with them like friend will make them more open with you to discuss. Always encourage them by open discussion. Give chance to speak them and always listen them to know about their needs.

Appreciate their work:

All person like their appreciation and importance given to them. As a Project Manager, you should appreciate team members when he completes task before time period or with zero bug or sometimes he sit late to fix issues. Project Manager should announce it publicly to appreciate it and reward it whenever necessary. Small reward can give value to team member and person is motivated to do much better. If you want to criticise him then do it in privately. Try to do outer lunch with them for refreshment.

Maintain their needs for the Project:

Provide them better environment and tools to work. Like better Project management tool, good communication tool with any other required department. So it can help them to speed up the task.

Give them Leadership:

Give everyone a chance to be a leader to feel them like a leader. Give them responsibility and trust on them. As per their strength, Project Manager should assign role to each team member so they can also learn to take responsibility.