Here's how you can inspire and motivate your team through a challenging project.

Equally important is to have a periodic review of these goals to ensure they are relevant in the broader perspective of an organisation. This gives an opportunity to reassess whether the goal is relevant when members move across assignments and levels of ownership change. Also this gives an opportunity for individual to show case how they are progressing with respect to their current goal targets and seek help from their leaders as needed. Goalsheets, goal indicators and targets should be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect the business unit and organizational goals for reaping the best benefits. This should be an ongoing exercise across teams in all organisations.

Sometimes goals are not as clear cut as this, sometimes the goal is to respond to problems and the unknown. I would recommend promoting a can do attitude with a resiliency to change and the unknown, and pride in the capability to respond well to them. Ensure your team strive for excellence and that they know they are a top performing team not group of top performing individuals.

In my experience a good way to establish team bonding and trust is to encourage formal and informal relationships within teams. Plan to do a breakthrough gaming exercises which can cultivate great bonding and teamwork. Gaming is another way. A team who understands each other well is a team that can adapt to individual gaps and cover up with essential knowledge which is lacking. Informal gaming, breakthroughs, sports events etc bring out the interests in each other which is out of work. This builds the overall personality and retains the fun element at work enhancing efficiency.

Pair programming is a great way to get people to work with each other and understand new ways of doing things. In one team we had JavaScript developers working in pairs with Java developers. This worked extremely well as it broke down the normal silos that would have been in place. Daily stand ups also were very useful in making sure people felt they could raise issues and be heard. Also people knew they could say if they didn't believe something. This made it quite emotional at times but everyone knew that they were all passionate about success and could raise issues if needed.

Celebrating Success and Learning from failure Though both are essential the latter is valued less sometimes. It is equally important to bring out retrospective of failures as key learnings for the team. Asking a team member to talk about a great functionality delivered by him/her illustrating the benefits can be more recognising than giving out an award. This really creates a sense of achievement and difference which persuades others also to strive for a similar goal. Failures are important as they expose the limitations which currently exists for considerations for planning in future.

Few things to incorporate Provide next level tasks to eligible folks and help them achieve them through close mentoring and feedback. This not only created a culture of accountability and ownership but also crafts future leaders. Professional Certifications Professional Certifications stand out for an individual in terms of credibility and command over a subject. Planning and setting certification targets aligned to industry requirements is a great way for professional growth. Personality development and Leadership building for eligible futuristic leaders is a great way to build leadership skills.

On project based discussion and idea sharing with to overcome challenges in related with the project. In depth envasgation and review of literature to understand and identify sources and how to overcome it

Scheduling in allocated time per sprints for personal development is a very good method to encouraging growth. Ensuring that everyone is treated equally is important. Our contractors and FTEs all had time put aside to developing themselves however they were all aspects that contributed to the product.

Swarming around issues to cover off unknowns and problems that occur is a great way of showing that even what seem like impossible challenges can be overcome. It is also a very good way of building a stronger team. People work through the problems together instead of seeing it as someone else who is not performing.

Give ownership and Accountability Delegation once done properly is a powerful tool to bring out the best and a sense of ownership. It also allows the aspiring team member to reach their next level. Ownership gives a sense of entrepreneurship and belonging in such a way that the team is aware how they are going to be contributing to the overall organization goals. It also builds the leadership skills and builds a powerful personality. Situational leaders emerge from taking ownerhip and accountability of an initiative this becoming the initiative owner for the organisation. Worthy of consideration in your teams to bring out their best.

Be a great leader, not just a manager. Get involved in day to day work with your team, solve problems and issues with your team. If there is a problem that requires a swarm get involved in that swarm. Don't try to lead on a part time basis or from your office 3 floors away. You will have respect from your team and you will respect your team.