That was my observation as well. I find the quality of work goes up dramatically when people are invested personally in the success of their part of it. "Signin

That was my observation as well. I find the quality of work goes up dramatically when people are invested personally in the success of their part of it. "Signing up", to me, is about committing to that sort of investment, and it's the signal I look for to know if a team is going to be healthy. Not having that signal is a two-way street, though -- sometimes the answer is to restructure the work overall so that the pieces align better with what team members will sign up for.