Motivation through appreciation

Motivation through appreciation is particularly effective when employees are already intrinsically motivated. But what are my employees’ deeply embedded life interests (DELIs)? Knowing this is crucial to the success of a team. The goal is to assign each individual employee as many tasks as possible that intrinsically motivate them. Your team’s performance will improve significantly and at the same time, staff turnover will decrease as employees become absorbed in their tasks. Now it is important to use the right language of appreciation, because a colleague who wants “helpfulness” may not feel addressed at all by praise.

In our teamcoaching product Deep Sea Expedition, we use a playful approach to identify the DELIs and languages of appreciation for each individual participant and practice how to use them.