They do the work and don’t complain, but they suggest nothing: they left their drive at the office door.
You’ve explained the purpose of the project, set clear goals, and praised the effort, yet part of the team still just watches. Convincing isn’t enough: what truly engages people is the step they take themselves. This module shows you how to build engagement, from a task each person genuinely enjoys to a promise made out loud in front of the team.
~20 min at your own paceKey skill: Motivation and Engagement at WorkAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
What you’ll take away
- the four ingredients of a lasting commitment, from freedom to an irreversible act
- a simple map to separate what you are good at from what you enjoy doing
- the power of a promise made in public, from de Gaulle to Cortés’s ships
Who it’s for
Managers who want to help build lasting engagement in their teams, beyond motivation alone.
Learning objectives
- Distinguish motivating from engaging, and given goals from chosen commitments making team members authors.
- Combine the four conditions of commitment: perceived freedom, felt importance, public declaration, and irreversibility.
- Anchor these conditions in concrete practices, from the talent/enjoyment matrix to “Disagree and Commit”.
- Avoid two traps: kindness without high standards, and AI imposed without the team taking ownership.
How does this module work?
The steps of the Adaptive module.
- Self-assessmentOn nine dimensions, to gauge current habits and guide the practice.
- Expert videoA ~10 min video with three pauses for reflection.
- Practice scenariosThe first two scenarios chosen from the self-assessment, then sixteen more, optional. Every answer gets feedback: what it leads to, and one way to improve.
- Dated commitmentOne action to try, written by the learner or chosen from the suggestions.
- Memo to downloadKey takeaways, questions, commitment, personal notes, and checklists.
Duration: ~20 min. Excluding bonus practice scenarios and optional in-depth content.
