Motivation bucket

Every person has a bucket of motivation. That bucket can be filled to overflowing, or it can be empty and desperately need filling. Sometime the buckets have leaks...and those buckets lose motivation as fast as you can try to motivate.

A Leader's job is to keep everyone's bucket filled. They are the chief bucket-filler and the best way to fill the buckets is with excellent communication.

1. Know the main thing: A full bucket requires knowing what are the main things that are important to doing a good job. A leader with focus and direction fills the buckets. A leader who creates confusion and inconsistency drains people's buckets.

2. Provide feedback on Performance: To keep buckets filled, you need to provide the bucket holders with feedback on how they're doing. Don't wait for the formal performance discussions, not saying they aren't required. They are important and it is necessary to document, but they don't provide long term motivation. People need to know how they're doing all the time. Ensure the feedback is sincere, specific, effective and timely.

3. Provide Recognition: To keep your team members bucket filled you have to let them know you care about them and the job they do. There are millions of ways to do this, find those bucket fillers that work best with your teams, be genuine and authentic.

4. Communicate the team score: Final bucket filling requirement is for the team to know how well they're doing as a team. Everyone wants to be on a winning team. Make sure team members consistently know whether the team is accomplishing its objectives or not.

Remember the more buckets you fill the more your bucket is filled.

Have a great weekend. #fridayfeeling

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