How To Instill Urgency In Your Team

Intrinsic motivation and empowerment win against monetary incentives every single time. Adopt the Empowerment Handshake — a simple “way of working” agreement that creates empowered teams.

A core job for leaders is motivating their teams to deliver high-quality work quickly. Many executives I coach are frustrated that their teams do not move with a sense of urgency. They feel that product features take too long to ship, deals take too long to close, or marketing campaigns take too long to measure. What creates speed and quality and how ca…