How to keep your team motivated, remotely
Bridge the distance gap and transform Employee Motivation into a measurable high-performance enterprise advantage.
Remote work environments frequently default to tactical compliance at the expense of adaptive performance. Total Motivation principles demonstrate that maximizing play, purpose, and potential is the key to maintaining high-velocity problem-solving in remote teams. This AI-Native & People-First approach replaces invasive monitoring with supportive routines that bridge the distance gap and drive measurable organizational results.
Many leaders have crossed the first hurdles of moving their teams remote: ensuring colleagues have set up their tech tools, defined their processes, and permanently logged in to their videoconference accounts.
But this is just the first step toward creating an effective work environment for remote employees. The next critical question we must ask is: How do you motivate people who work from home?
This question is important now because, during crises such as Covid-19, people often tend to focus more on tactical work — answering the right number of tickets or following the approved project plan — rather than adapting to solve the bigger, newer problems the business may be facing.
But some teams rise above the rest in times of turmoil, regardless of the challenges. They win market share. They earn life-long customer love. They keep their productivity high, or higher. In other words, they adapt. Though the academic research on remote productivity is mixed, with some saying it declines while others promise it increases, our research suggests that your success will depend on how you do it.
Read our full article in the Harvard Business Review to learn how to keep your team motivated, remotely
Originally published at: Harvard Business Review
Originally published at: Harvard Business Review
About the authors
Lindsay McGregor
Meet Lindsay McGregor, the best-selling co-author of Primed to Perform, and co-founder of Factor.ai and Vega Factor. She's on a mission to build organizations that are AI Native & People First, because, let's be honest, who wouldn't want a world where every company thrives and everyone genuinely loves their career?
Lindsay is a hard-working nerd at heart. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University. A former McKinsey & Company consultant, she's also a New York City Library cardholder and a science fiction enthusiast.
Today, Lindsay isn't just talking about change; she's making the tools and doing the science needed to ensure everybody has great professional lives. It's safe to say, she's making work work better for everyone.
Neel Doshi
Meet Neel Doshi, the best-selling co-author of Primed to Perform, and co-founder of Factor.ai and Vega Factor. He's dedicated his career to a pretty ambitious goal: creating a future where all companies are high-performing because they're AI Native & People First. Think of it as making work so good, people actually look forward to Mondays.
Neel looks at this challenge through the eyes of an engineer. He earned his engineering degree from MIT and his MBA from the Wharton School. A former Partner at McKinsey & Company, he's also a Kentucky Colonel and a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. Neel takes science-nerd to all new heights.
Currently, Neel is focused on showing the world that through science and AI, every team and company can be extremely motivating and high-performing. No one need be left behind in the march of progress.