Commitment is the basis of any improvement; without commitment none of the three main motivations that characterize human beings could ever be fulfilled. These manifest themselves in the need for stimulation, competence and belonging and play a primary role in sustaining skill development.
Every performance requires some degree of activation that sustains and nurtures personal interest in completing it. Fortunately, simple and repetitive performances can be carried out effectively even with minimal use of personal energy. In contrast, activities involving, accuracy, speed of decision-making, and the guidance of others, to be carried out effectively, require an interest of the person involved that is commensurate with their importance. Therefore, one of the factors that determines in ourselves the perception that we are acting effectively depends on feeling interest and passion in the performance of the activity.
Interest alone would not be sufficient if it were not accompanied by technical and tactical competence. As much as there are always different challenges during a career, the perception of competence is based on the results of past actions. Having successfully coped with new situations allows one to perceive oneself convinced that one has the necessary tools to do well in the next one as well. In fact, every athlete bases this awareness on past results, thinking, “Again, this time, if I train as I did when I got my best results, I will put myself in the optimal condition to express myself to the best of my ability and achieve the desired result.”
There is, therefore, a positive correlation between training performed/competencies manifested in the past/achieved results and current training/belief of feeling ready today/future results.
The third need to be met is that of belonging; in fact, of a person who is no longer included in his or her social environment we are used to say that he or she “has been uprooted from it,” and by this statement we mean to highlight a current condition of greater difficulty and greater social isolation. To achieve ambitious goals one must, on the contrary, feel part of a group that is leading a common effort. We know that profit alone cannot create group cohesion, otherwise billionaire soccer teams would be crystal-clear examples of unity of purpose. It is equally true that taking the best and making them work together is not enough either; a team of only champions is not automatically the champion team. Instead, we need to develop a sense of belonging, to think in terms of We and not just Me. “If We strive together we will succeed” must be the daily message that leading managers must convey through their decisions and actions to their employees.
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