In any team environment success is contingent on the motivation, satisfaction and performance of the team. Each of these facets requires the other to be successful. First, in order to motivate the leader should review Maslow’s hierarchy of needs which incorporates the elements of an overall theory of motivation (Robbins & Judge, 2011). This focuses around five specific elements, physiological needs, safety needs, love needs, esteem needs and the need for self-actualization. As long as everyone on the team can relate to each element the motivation to make the project a success will be achieved. The satisfaction is achieved by the progress a motivated team makes towards the completion of the project. If the project is broken down to phases a sense of satisfaction is easily achieved every time a phase is reached. The team leader will decide the rewards, but should solicit reward suggestions from the team themselves. This ensures that the rewards are truly wanted by the team versus unwanted rewards which can have little to no motivational appeal to win. Lastly, the performance aspect is reached primarily on the motivation and satisfaction of the team. Without motivation or satisfaction performance can and will suffer causing the team to be unsuccessful.
The three facets of motivation, satisfaction and performance also have some underlying personality issues than can affect the project also. Since a team is composed of multiple people with different