Episode #281 // “If you focus on trying to make your people happy instead of providing the opportunity for them to develop their self-esteem, you're missing the point.”

Team morale is built through proactive commitment and focus. It doesn’t just happen.

One of the great misconceptions of leadership is that, if you make people happy, they will perform better and team morale will be high. Although this is possible in theory, it is highly unlikely to happen in practice.

One of our listeners once made a comment about what it takes to build morale, in a military context:

“Soldiers with high morale aren’t ‘happy’: they’re confident, secure, and enabled to perform. They’re not well-fed, rested, and kept out of harm’s way.”

Building morale requires strong leadership. The object of the exercise is to give your people the opportunity to experience long-term satisfaction and fulfillment, which is a very different proposition from the short-term, sugar-hit happiness that most leaders focus on.

Source Material:

Marty’s TEDx video:

The Surprising Power of Constructive Conflict

No Bullsh!t Leadership episode resources:

Downloadable - the “DO”s and “DON’T”s of Team Morale

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