How to motivate people?

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   Henrieta Bodnarova 5 years ago
   Hi Milan, I have shared information about motivation earlier so here is the summary: Motivation leads to success or failure. It really depends on motivator what will be the outcome. Points to remember to make it a success: 1. Motivation is a journey not a destination. 2. Motivation is a continuous process including hard work. 3. Do not let motivation fade away if you do not see success immediately. Learning process takes time. 4. Motivation equals acceptance. 5. Engage all even those who are reluctant to participate. – to see their impact in project. Point them to project objectives to see the better picture as they might not be involved much involved so do not see the need to participate. It is like eating a piece of cake with not much flavor alone. Even if they participate only partilally they are still part of project team and should be treated so.
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   Barbora Spišáková 5 years ago
   Hi Milan, this is actually very common question in general and there is no universal answer. Though, I think that the best way how to motivate people is to help them find their own inner motivation. One´s motivatoin can be working with other people, other´s the challenging environment, another´s even afternoons cup of coffee.. but once you have this kind of information, you can build on it and set the cooperation with them in a way that would match with their motivation needs. And one exclamation mark (!!) - Money is not a motivator, it is rather short-term stimulator that works only termporary. From long-term perspective the motivators are different.
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3. Igor Travnik 5 years ago
   You inspired me to look for more information about the motivation. And I found that this term is missing in our vocabulary on PM. Therefore I prepared a short description of this term. You can find more information e.g. at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation#Intrinsic_motivation
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