Morale - Le moral

Thoughts in Darrick Wood by Trevor Morgan 20 May 2020 (traduction française ci-dessous)

I have spent so much time doing international projects and studying work practices, that I find it difficult to get it all out of my mind in the woods.

Team morale is rarely discussed outside of sports management. Successful football team managers and administrators will know that it is one of the most important ingredients of success. Without good morale your team will fail.

Engendering morale is difficult, but you will not succeed by divorcing authority from responsibility. When teams realise that the management have assumed all the authority and have passed all the responsibility to the team, morale collapses. The management accrue all the plaudits of success when things go right but pass on all responsibility for failure to the team, when things go wrong – this injustice is rewarded with ultimate failure.

Poor morale can result from a lack of enthusiasm, but equally it can result from a “Ra-Ra, high-five-mentality” of over confidence. Many a team has failed to win the world cup from over-estimating their own skills and abilities. Poor morale can cause failures no matter how well paid and skilled individual team members really are. 

Poor morale can infect all sorts of teams and even nations leading to the failures of decadence and hubris.We must watch out for it and root out the causes wherever possible.



Pensées dans Darrick Wood par Trevor Morgan 20 mai 2020

J'ai passé tellement de temps à faire des projets internationaux et à étudier les pratiques de travail, que j'ai du mal à tout oublier dans les bois.
Le moral de l'équipe est rarement discuté en dehors de la gestion des sports. Les managers et administrateurs d'équipes de football qui réussissent savent que c'est l'un des ingrédients les plus importants du succès. Sans bonne morale, votre équipe échouera.

Nous devons le surveiller et en éliminer les causes dans la mesure du possible.


Engendrer le moral est difficile, mais vous ne réussirez pas en divorçant la responsabilité de l'autorité. Lorsque les équipes se rendent compte que la direction a assumé toute l'autorité et ont transféré toutes les responsabilités à l'équipe, le moral s'effondre. La direction accumule tous les éloges du succès lorsque les choses tournent bien, mais transmet toute la responsabilité de l'échec à l'équipe, lorsque les choses tournent mal - cette injustice est récompensée par un échec ultime.


Un mauvais moral peut résulter d'un manque d'enthousiasme, mais il peut également résulter d'un «Ra-Ra, mentalité haute-cinq» de confiance excessive. De nombreuses équipes n'ont pas réussi à gagner la Coupe du monde en surestimant leurs propres compétences et capacités. Un mauvais moral peut provoquer des échecs, peu importe à quel point les membres individuels de l'équipe sont bien payés et qualifiés. Un mauvais moral peut infecter toutes sortes d'équipes et même des nations, entraînant des échecs de décadence et d'orgueil.

Nous devons le surveiller et en éliminer les causes dans la mesure du possible.





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