I learned this concept from one of my students. I was conducting a training session about motivating employees when I posed this question to the class - what motivates YOU at your work? Now according to the course content, the three major intrinsic motivations are autonomy, mastery and purpose. I waited for my students to mention reasons which were related to one of these, so that I could expand on them and explain the concepts. One answer took me by surprise because I could not easily fit it to any of the three. That answer was "I am motivated because I have a good team."
Many leadership principles and frameworks being taught in leadership training are developed by authors and thinkers from the west. That is why autonomy is one of the biggest motivators. Western culture is more individualistic. Here in the east, we have a different culture. We are collective. A feeling of belonging and being supported is often more important than the freedom to do things my way.
As leaders, do we create such environments for our people? Where people enjoy working with their colleagues. Where people respect one another. Where people are always ready to help one another. I realise that in my own past experience, several times when I had difficult periods at work, it was because of, or for, the team around me, that I was able to persist.
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