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Individual Purpose

Providing purpose for team members is essential for building and leading resilient teams. This involves challenging each member of the team to reach their full potential. Managers should encourage team members to learn new individual and collective skills. Managers should also help their teams understand how their work contributes to the organization’s mission. A clear sense of purpose empowers team members to overcome challenges collectively. Providing purpose improves motivation and commitment.

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Leader Tasks and Supporting Knowledge & Skills

Leader Task 1: Analyze individual purpose.

  • Know why providing purpose is important.
  • Know how to analyze individual purpose.
  • Know why opportunities for personal growth are important.
  • Know why opportunities for professional growth are important.

Leader Task 2: Show genuine concern for people.

  • Know why showing genuine concern for people is important.
  • Know how to show genuine concern for people.
  • Know why mentoring is important.

Leader Task 3: Encourage individual learning.

  • Know why encouraging individual learning is important.
  • Know how to encourage individual learning.
  • Know why a growth mindset is important.
  • Know why self-efficacy is important.

Leader Task 4: Delegate responsibility.

  • Know why delegating responsibility is important.
  • Know how to delegate responsibility.

Leader Task 5: Empower decision-making.

  • Know why empowering decision-making is important.
  • Know how to empower decision-making.

Leader Task 6: Keep people focused on the mission.

  • Know why keeping people focused on the mission is important.
  • Know how to keep people focused on the mission.

Leader Task 7: Be there when the going gets tough.

  • Know why being there when the going gets tough is important.
  • Know how to be there when the going gets tough.

Updated 04/16/2025