Leading and Motivating Teams: Leadership and Motivation Report

This report provides an in-depth analysis of leadership and motivation within teams, focusing on the crucial role of communication in establishing a shared sense of purpose. The report examines motivational factors, such as financial incentives, flexibility, and recognition, and their application in different situations, using Arab Bank as a case study. It explores the importance of teamwork and gaining commitment to objectives, emphasizing the leader's role in developing and supporting team members. The author assesses their own communication skills and discusses strategies for effective leadership, including delegation, training, and recognizing diversity within teams to enhance employee engagement and achieve organizational goals. The report concludes with a summary of the key elements of effective leadership and motivation in a team environment.

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Executive Summary
The report helps in understanding about the different motivational factors that is used by the
leaders in the organization to motivate the employees and help them in performing better.
The communication skills are essential as well in the motivating the employees as this helps
in achieving the different objectives.
The main aim and purpose of the report is to understand the role of leaders in motivating the
employees in the organization. The employees have to be properly rewarded as this will
motivate them and they will perform and achieve the desired goals as well.
The conclusion will be based on the proper analysis of the motivational as well as
communication skills that is required in order to motivate the employees and help them
achieve the desired goals as well.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Importance of team having common sense of purpose..............................................................2
Role of communication in establishing common sense of purpose...........................................3
Assess effectiveness of communication skills...........................................................................4
Main motivational factors in Bank and application to different situations................................4
Importance of teams and gaining commitment to objectives.....................................................5
Role of leaders in developing and supporting team members and examples............................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The report helps in understanding the importance of the common mission as well as
vision of the employees of the organization in order to achieve the organizational objectives.
The proper role of the communication is essential in the organization that it helps in
establishing common sense of purpose as well. The organization that has been taken in this
report is Arab Bank and the mission and the vision has to be properly discussed as well.
The main aim of the report is to understand the proper importance as well as
effectiveness of communication skills in Arab Bank. The main motivational factors in the
work of the Arab Bank have to be established as this will help in handling the different
situations at the workplace. The importance of the leader of the respective bank has to be
analyzed as this will help in understanding the process through which proper motivation is
provided to the employees. The role of the leaders of the bank has to be analyzed as this will
help in developing as well as supporting the team.
The structure of the report will include the different role of the leaders as well as the
importance of the leader in managing and motivating the team members in the organization.
The main motivational factors are essential in nature and it will help in providing proper
details in gaining proper commitment to the objectives.
Importance of team having common sense of purpose
A proper sense of purpose is essential as it helps in uniting the employees in the
organization as well as the external stakeholders. A shared sense of purpose is important as:
It has to be seen that employees in organization are working towards achieving goals
It has to be seen that the employees are motivated as well as engaged in nature

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Proper encouraging of the employees in the organization is necessary to feel
committed (Young et al. 2015)
It enables the employees in working collaboratively to achieve the goals of the
company by choosing the technique at the expense of the organization
It helps in helping the employees in the organization to share properly in success of
the organization by motivating as to succeed both in a team as well as individually.
Role of communication in establishing common sense of purpose
Communication plays an essential role in maintaining as well as establishing general
intellect of idea in the organization. The occurrence, character as well as technique contribute
to the establishment of sense of purpose. What, why, when as well as to whom are essential
factors that effects the communication success in creating proper as well as shared sense.
Communication plays an key role in the creation for fulfillment of job for the employees who
are in lower level (Wallace et al. 2016). These are the employees who require senior
managers as this will help them in demonstrating that they too work and live to shared values
of the entire company. For instance- In banking sector, there are different employees who
are working in different departments and the employees can feel monotonous performing the
same kind of task all the time. The communication is essential to understand the different
issues that are faced by the employees and solve their queries instantly as well.
There is also necessity for the different employees in the organization as this will help
in acting upon in order to create a two way communication flow in the organization. One to
one communication is essential in nature in Arab Bank between the managers and the team as
this is the key to create a sense of shared purpose (Njoroge and Yazdanifard 2014). The top
down communication is essential in nature in conveying proper direction to different
employees along with clear ideas of the priorities as well as the goals of the organization.

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Proper listening as well as accepting the top bottom kind of communication helps in
increasing the morale of employees, making the employees feels that they are valued in the
organization (Korschun, Bhattacharya and Swain 2014). Proper communication between the
peers is essential as well in building proper base of knowledge amongst the staffs and this
helps in allowing the staffs to work together in an effective manner (Milliken et al. 2015).
Assess effectiveness of communication skills
I assessed my own skills of communication that is based on informal interviews with
colleagues as well as in project management. I chose my previous colleagues as they will be
honest with their answers as I am not working with them on daily basis. Since I am not
working with them currently and it was easier for colleagues to understand the
communication skills. The feedbacks are as such: my skills of writing were strong and I feel
this is due to the work I performed as PR and used advanced English vocabulary.
My emails were clear, friendly but it is to the point information that I am providing to
the others. The deadlines are clearly mentioned as well. The convincing skills are strong as I
have the power to motivate the individuals strongly. The listening skills of mine have to be
improved as I have the habit of asking queries when the other person has not finished
speaking. The presentation skills are fine as the visuals are clear and distinct in nature as I use
diagrams in order to make the meaning more clear. One respondent also commented that I
should stop pleasing all and stop worrying about what others think and feel about me. The
respondent commented that I cannot make people like me; however respect can be gained
with the performance of my work. For instance- The communication skills play an important
role in the bank, wherein proper top down as well as communication between the peers is
essential in nature. In this respective bank, proper ascertainments have been made by the

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higher officials in analyzing the difficulties faced by the employees and solve the queries as
well.
Main motivational factors in Bank and application to different situations
Financial motivation is essential by providing salary for bills, food, housing and
other expenses. There are employees who will be happy if they get promotion and
opportunity to climb higher, however there are employees who will be happy in low
salary and they expect other benefits such as flexible working hours, healthcare as
well as insurance (Blok et al. 2015).
Flexibility is essential in workplace that includes family leave, annual leave, and
normal hours of working as well as work from home. The flexibility is essential as
this can help in reducing pressure from the employees and providing employees a
proper autonomy that shows confidence in them (Temminck, Mearns and Fruhen
2015).
Reward and recognition is essential wherein by ensuring that by achieving the
milestone the reward is essential in providing motivation to teams and individuals. A
recognition can be both financial as well as non financial in nature by highlighting the
achievement of the employees in the organization (Olafsen et al. 2015)
For example- In the respective bank, proper motivational factors are essential as this
will help in motivating the employees and this will help them in achieving goals. The bank
organizes different fun events as well as provides different rewards as this will help in
motivating the employees and this has led the organization in achieving goals.

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Importance of teams and gaining commitment to objectives
It is essential for the leaders in motivating the individuals in the team as this helps
them in achieving the different objectives and satisfying the employees as well. the leaders of
the respective Bank has to understand the kind of motivation that is required in the workplace
by the employees as there are some individuals who are motivated with money, however on
the other hand there are employees who feel motivated with the non financial incentives such
as praise, recognition through rewards as well (Gupta and Shaw 2014).
The leader can help in gaining proper commitment of different employees by being
frank as well as honest and dealing with different employees in a simple manner (Lazaroiu
2015). This helps in ensuring that the individuals who feel rewarded for their proportion of
effort. The manager in the organization can gain commitment of the employees by leading
proper example and try to retain the employees from bad habits and motivate them to be kind
as well as respectful in nature. It is essential for the leaders to be realistic in nature as this will
help them in maintaining proper indicators of performance and in this way the achievements
can be set by the employer of the organization.
For instance- In the bank, the organizational commitment is gained by the employees by
being respectful with their colleagues and this helped them in dealing with different
situations in a clear cut manner as well.
Role of leaders in developing and supporting team members and examples
The most essential role of the leader in the organization is to support as well as
develop team as this helps in providing a sense of proper purpose. The leader is responsible
for defining as well as setting common goal as well as engaging employees in team to work
effectively in nature. In order to make the team work effectively in nature, it is essential that

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every member must play their part properly in establishing shared set of the values in
achieving high quality of outputs (Kim et al. 2017).
This is the duty of the leaders in recognizing the diversity of different team members
as all the members are essential in nature as the lower level employees are essential for
proper growth of the team. The leader of the team also helps in developing proper coaching
as well as training of employees for proper development of team and this will help the
employees in performing better and be more engaged in the tasks. It is essential that the team
members are properly supported and encouraged to develop new skills that are necessary to
improve the loyalty of team (Anitha 2014).
In the leadership role played by me, I employed subordinate staffs as they had
handled the different tasks in the organization. I kept on rotating the employees in different
spheres of work as this helped me in understanding the issues that are faced by the
employees. I arranged different rewards and recognitions as this helped me in motivating the
employees in the organization. In order to inspire the employees in performing better, I
delegated the different tasks among the employees as this helped me in empowering them to
take other responsibilities as well.
For instance- The leadership approaches are followed by the leaders of the bank that
helped them in managing the different issues that are faced by them. The diversity is
maintained properly by the managers of the organization as it helped them in motivating the
employees by delegating the different tasks.
Conclusion
Therefore, it can be inferred that a leader has an essential role in the motivation of the
employees along with generation of proper communication skills among the employees. The

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employees of the organization are motivated with both financial as well as non financial
rewards. The leader has to identify the requirements of the employees in the organization as
this helped them in understanding the necessities of the employees and motivate them with
providing them proper recognition for the work that is performed by them. Proper
communication is essential in the organization as this helps in improving the tasks that are
performed by the employees in the entire organization.

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