Motivating others starts with motivating yourself
Annika Rosendahl
I help leaders find time and courage to lead their unique way | Storyteller, Timefinder, Leadership coach and -consultant
“That celebration cake didn’t work either. No one in my team cares about the outcome of the project.” Victor walked up to Manda’s desk. He was so frustrated and moved so fast the papers blew off her desk as he walked by.
“Sorry”, he mumbled as he bent down to pick them up. “Why are you still here by the way? It’s late.”
“We have a bug blocking the delivery. Me and my team are staying until...”
“What have you promised them? Overtime food? Some kind of bonus? I have tried virtually everything but in the end no one will do anything extra unless I order them to.”
“I haven’t ordered anyone anything. But we all know how important it is to get this fixed.”
“Well, yes, I thought everyone in my project knew what was important too. But I just can’t motivate them.”
Manda stopped looking at the screen and looked at Victor as he put the papers in piles on her desk. In the wrong order, but she knew better than to mention that now.
“You can’t motivate others”, she said.
“What do you mean? Your people are motivated.”
“I like my project. You work hard on yours out of obligation. How can you expect your team to be motivated when you aren’t?”
“You can’t add fuel to someone else’s flame if you’re a wet blanket.”
John Maxwell
As always – start with yourself.
Know yourself.
If you want others to be inspired, be inspired.
About the author:
Annika Rosendahl is a Storyteller, a Speaker, a Timefinder and a senior leader with more than 20 years' experience from international Research and Development.
Her business Annikaslol uses her books, seminars and trainings to strengthen leaders.
She is also the author of Visst har du tid, a book nominated for"?rets projektledarbok 2019" by Projektforum and selected to be on display on PMI Sweden's Passion for Projects conference 2020 where Annika will be a key note speaker.