{"id":1320,"date":"2018-10-09T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhanderson.biz\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2019-01-03T00:20:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T00:20:17","slug":"why-it-pays-to-scarf-your-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jhanderson.biz\/index.php\/2018\/10\/09\/why-it-pays-to-scarf-your-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it pays to SCARF your team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1433 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/jhanderson.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FC_Utrecht_logo_op_sjaal-s-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jhanderson.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FC_Utrecht_logo_op_sjaal-s-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jhanderson.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FC_Utrecht_logo_op_sjaal-s-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jhanderson.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FC_Utrecht_logo_op_sjaal-s.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In his book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Your-Brain-Work-Strategies-Distraction-ebook\/dp\/B002Q1YE3K\/\">Your Brain at Work<\/a>, David Rock introduces the SCARF model, a useful paradigm for understanding what motivates all of us, at work and beyond:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Status: how important are you to others?<\/li>\n<li>Certainty: how well can you predict what\u2019s going to happen to you?<\/li>\n<li>Autonomy: how much control do you have over events?<\/li>\n<li>Relatedness: how safe do you feel with others?<\/li>\n<li>Fairness: how equitably are you being treated?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of these attributes is closely linked to your sense of well-being. The more you experience an abundance of these things, the safer, healthier and more productive you can be. When you experience their scarcity, the opposite is true: you feel stress and anxiety and their negative impact on your health and ability to function well.<\/p>\n<p>Forces beyond your control, within and outside your organization, have a huge impact on how your team experiences the SCARF attributes. But you can do a lot to supply these nutrients to each other, regardless of external circumstances.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can increase the sense of Status on your team by giving each other genuine positive feedback and recognition.<\/li>\n<li>You can increase the sense of Certainty on your team by helping each other build structure and planning frameworks.<\/li>\n<li>You can increase the sense of Autonomy on your team by helping each other find empowerment to take initiative and ownership.<\/li>\n<li>You can increase the sense of Relatedness on your team by working together to build team cohesion.<\/li>\n<li>You can increase the sense of Fairness on your team by being transparent with each other and advocating together for fairness-related values in your organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Try It:<\/em> Have a conversation with your team about your SCARF attributes, individually and as a group. Identify areas where you can work together to make one or more attributes better. Make a commitment to help each other in specific, concrete ways. If you spot organizational issues that negatively impact the attributes, take action together to advocate for improvements.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: By Luctor [Public domain], <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:FC_Utrecht_logo_op_sjaal.jpg\">from Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his book Your Brain at Work, David Rock introduces the SCARF model, a useful paradigm for understanding what motivates all of us, at work and beyond: Status: how important are you to others? Certainty: how well can you predict what\u2019s going to happen to you? Autonomy: how much control do you have over events? 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