Question: What is your approach to keeping team involvement, motivation, and morale high at the same time.

Alternative Question Phrasing:

How do you keep each member of the team involved and motivated, while keeping morale high? What steps do you need to take to achieve this?

Follow-up questions:

What factors do you consider?
Why is it important to do so?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Skills:

Management of Personnel Resources,Social – Coordination (Adjusting one’s own actions in relation to others)

Other Factors:

Management Level,Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Organization Fit,Personality-Team Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Interacting with Others – Developing and Building Teams,Interacting with Others – Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships,Interacting with Others – Performance Management (Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates),Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

Work Context (Person-Job/Team/Org Fit):

Interpersonal Relationships – Coordinate or Lead Others,Interpersonal Relationships – Relationship With Subordinates,Interpersonal Relationships – Responsibility for Outcomes and Results of Others

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Approachability,Compassion/Concern for Others,Leadership/Command,Politeness,Social Orientation (Work Alone vs Group Work)

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s motivational skills.
The candidate’s leadership skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s poor leadership skills and lack of ability to motivate team members.

Sample Answer:

It is important to keep the team motivated and in doing so, keeping their morale high while reaching goal(s). A simple pat on the back for doing a great/good job will make them feel accomplished and motivated to do more. I also make sure that we keep the communication lines open for everyone.

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