Mar 17, 2018 11:38 AM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Lenka -
I've worked on some teams where the team members were all being paid but acted like privileged volunteers :-)
On the plus side, when someone volunteers their time they are usually seeing a connection between the project and their personal calling or goals (unless it's community service for having committed some offense :-) ).
However, they also have limited and likely unpredictable capacity levels, and might not possess the right set of skills needed for the role you want them to play.
As such, this drives a higher need for inspiring collaboration, creativity and keeping them engaged.
You also will get a good workout of your servant leadership skills as command & control approaches will almost never work in this context.
Kiron
