Motivation

• Give team members options every week.
  • What are you jealous of at the mo? Who’s doing stuff you wish you were doing? What would you like to get involved in?
• Tailor jobs to people instead of the other way round.
  • What are their strengths? What are their interests? what job can you create for them that will allow them to shine?
• Offer your to-do list to people junior to you
  • How would they like to progress? Which part of your job would like they have to have a go at doing? Give them a menu of options.

Caring and Mentoring

• The biggest difference is made when you prove that you care - cf Meri Williams on the Making Tech Better podcast, on taking food for the people who are up late fixing broken stuff.