1. Make them feel like you like them. Show a real and genuine interest in and admiration for them and the work they have done, and look for opportunities to tell them how brilliant they and their work are. It's important to be genuine and not blow smoke up their ass too much; look for opportunities to be genuine about this.
2. Get them to say they are committed to the team, committed to the project, and will do everything they can to get it to succeed. Once someone says something, they tend to remain consistent with it. Getting them to publicly declare it somehow is good. Also getting them to declare publicly related things such as "I'm a team player" somehow can be very helpful and alter the course of their thinking.
3. Show how other people are pushing for the team, and build bonds between these people and their teammates. People will walk through fire for the love of their team.
All if those ideas are elaborated on in the book "Influence", thee are 3 of the 8 or so major themes of that book.
It's Influence by Bob Cialdini. I've also read How to Win Friends and Influence people, and it's very weak in comparison. The Cialdini book is rigorously researched and backed by science.
1. Make them feel like you like them. Show a real and genuine interest in and admiration for them and the work they have done, and look for opportunities to tell them how brilliant they and their work are. It's important to be genuine and not blow smoke up their ass too much; look for opportunities to be genuine about this.
2. Get them to say they are committed to the team, committed to the project, and will do everything they can to get it to succeed. Once someone says something, they tend to remain consistent with it. Getting them to publicly declare it somehow is good. Also getting them to declare publicly related things such as "I'm a team player" somehow can be very helpful and alter the course of their thinking.
3. Show how other people are pushing for the team, and build bonds between these people and their teammates. People will walk through fire for the love of their team.
All if those ideas are elaborated on in the book "Influence", thee are 3 of the 8 or so major themes of that book.