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How do you keep your team motivated?

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What the interviewer is looking for

  • Purpose and impact: Connects work to outcomes the team can understand and value.
  • Understanding concerns: Listens to what is affecting motivation and takes objections seriously.
  • Ownership and growth: Gives people a meaningful role in the work and connects it to learning and development.
  • Sustainable workload and focus: Handles changes in priorities with realistic capacity and clear trade-offs.
  • Recognition and checking motivation: Recognises contributions and checks how people experience the work.

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