Mapping Motivation for Top Performing Teams

Chapter 6

Interdependency and motivation

In Figure 1.1 we learnt about the four characteristics of a team. We detoured to look at the vital question of Reward Strategies in Chapter 2, but then returned to the first of these characteristics, The Remit, in Chapters 3, 4 and 5. As it turned out, The Remit was a huge area to cover, and we considered three specific aspects of it from a motivational perspective: see Figure 6.1. But now our attention shifts to the second characteristic, Interdependency, and its relationship with motivation.

Figure 6.1 Practise Interdependency

Teams require interdependency as life requires oxygen¹; it seems simple, ...