Team Building Resources

“I don’t have time”! How often do each of us say this everyday or at least think it.  But we also know we make time for what we think is important. 

Motivating each of our team members is something worth making time for.  However, false praise is worse than no praise at all, it re-inforces bad behaviour and most importantly demotivates the team members who do deserve accolades for their efforts and achievements.  When you want a team operating at peak performance you do need an overall motivated team.  So make a plan:

1. Create a weekly plan – put together a chart of all the team members.
2. Note for each team member how they would like to be praised/recognized – publicly or privately.
3. Each week challenge yourself to recognize at least one team member- in the team members prefered method

Rotate through each of the team members, key rule – do not praise/recognize unless fully deserved you don’t have to go through the list in a linear manner, just be cognizant of how often you have recognized or not recognized each individual.  If you find there is someone that you are never in a position to praise/recognize take steps to rectify by digging deeper into why that is and manage through to end up with a team of self motivated individuals that make your motivating job an easy one.

Lynn

Team Enthusiast