12 quick tips to instant motivation for your staff
Sometimes the office or workplace has a feeling off overwhelming negativity with staff lacking drive and motivation, so here are 10 top tips on what you can do as a manager to create some instant drive throughout your team/department/office.
1. Have a one-to-one meeting with each of your employees and tell them how well they are doing, praise them and feedback on specific items to make them feel valued and important. Tell them how much you appreciate their efforts and work ethic.
2. Show that you, as the manager, can do some of the boring, menial tasks around the office. For example, tidy up the desks, make tea and coffee, help with one of your employees tasks they may need assistance with.
3. Re-set the short term goals and create new exciting incentives. Refreshing this creates a sense of excitement and therefore motivation and morale knowing that if they work hard to achieve goals, they will be rewarded with something they desire.
4. Ask your employees WHAT incentives they feel would drive them and state that their own incentives will be used in the next goal setting.
5. Share some company-wide news however big or small as this will make everyone feel they are valued and trusted.
6. Get the office standing on their feet, chatting to customers, suppliers and clients.
7. Gather everyone together and show an inspirational video of a “great” leader. Pick someone who is relevant to your industry. It does not need to take up much time and maybe do the showing on a Monday morning to kick start the day/week.
8. Ask everyone to re-set, re-focus, re-fresh their lists and activities for the morning/afternoon/week.
9. Have a brainstorming session with everyone about either a project, ideas for something for relevant to your work/office/environment. This will make everyone feel valued and included.
10. Stick the radio or some music on and make the office lively.
11. Order in pizza or curry for lunch.
12. Invite everyone for a drink in the pub after work for some socialising.
These are just 12 simple, quick tips to create some instant motivation at work. There are many more ideas, some more relevant to you/your team than others so try to pick the ones most suitable for you.
