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Tip #1771 - Encourage Gratitude Sharing Within Your Team
Kick
off your monthly meeting by going around and sharing something at work that
each member feels thankful for. Or do what Plasticity Labs did, and ask your
employees to devote time to writing down the things about their job that make
them thankful. Researchers saw immediate improvements in morale and lower
turnover in the group that did the exercise regularly.
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Tip #1772 - Be Grateful Yourself.
If
you want to have grateful employees, you’d better be saying them too. Half of
employees said they would switch jobs for one with more recognition. Thanking
your employees will make them more satisfied with their jobs. Plus, when you
say “thank you” people view you as a warmer person and want to engage with you
socially.
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Tip #1773 - Provide Many Opportunities for Gratitude
When
people are thanked for their work, they are more likely to increase their
helping behavior and to provide help to others. But not everyone likes to be
thanked—or likes to say “thank you”—in public. They may be shy or genuinely
modest. The key is to create many different kinds of opportunities for
gratitude.
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Tip #1774 - Catch Your Co-Workers Doing Something Right
We’re
pretty good at catching people doing things wrong, but don’t always put the
same energy into “catching” people doing something right. Be on the lookout for
your co-workers doing great things, and then point them out in a very clear,
specific way. With this positive feedback, your co-worker knows that you are
being sincere and can then go on to share their own gratitude.
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Tip #1775 - Provide Training Opportunities for Employee.
People
want chances for training and cross-training. They want to participate on a
special committee where their talents are noticed. They like to attend
professional association meetings and represent your organization at civic and
philanthropic events. Do you currently have only your executives attending
these events? Spread the wealth of opportunity to all employees. They will
genuinely appreciate the opportunities.
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Tip #1776 – Remind People Why Their Work is Important.
Especially
in lines of work when the impact of the work is less obvious, team leaders
should continuous remind their members on why their work is important. People
are more likely to stay focused on tasks when they are convinced that the
results matter. Under the pressure of time and expectations, it is easy to lose
faith, confidence and focus. Constantly assuring them about the importance of
their work, as well as their skills and contributions to the big overarching
goal will keep them motivated.
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Tip #1777 – Recognize Accomplishments.
Not
only do you celebrate little successes along the way, but even if the final
product falls into the “can be improved” category, don’t forget to still
recognize the accomplishments. Recognizing the little things that your
teammates have done well encourages them to stay focused and continue to do
better next time.
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Tip #1778 – Maintain Good Relationships.
A
good team needs great bonding to work well together. Good relationships need to
be maintained, so trust is increased. This is especially important when
deadlines get nearer and the stress level of the team increases. It eventually
leads to complete reliance on trust of each team member to deliver their
respective work, so each team member can focus on just completing their own
jobs.
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Tip #1779 – Keep Up the Positive attitude.
It
takes a strong source of positivity to influence the attitude of the entire
team. Good team leaders always keep a positive attitude. Always. They need to
maintain the positive attitude to motivate the rest of the team to stay
confident. Do your work by anticipating problems and planning ahead, instead of
discovering problems only when they come and having to respond to them. Keep
your team well informed of such potential situations, so they can be well
prepared. This can help to keep problems small, so teams can continuously stay
focused on working on the main project without getting too flustered along the
way.
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Tip #1780 – Enjoy the Success.
It
is easy to focus on the problems and the negatives along the way, before the
final goal is achieved. However, do remember to smell the roses as your move
along, no matter how small the patch and how tiny the roses are. Celebrate
these small successes along the way, so team members get to enjoy the
adrenaline rush that comes with achievements. Boosting the adrenaline levels
with these little successes will go a long way in keeping team members excited
and focused on the final goal.
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Tip #1781 – It’s OK to Dream, But it Takes Motivation to Accomplish Your Goals
It's
OK to dream and have big goals. But if you're actually going to accomplish
them, you have to DO something about them, and that takes motivation.
The
very first thing you need to achieve a goal is a reason and deep desire to
achieve it. The path to achieving goals is fraught with boredom, excuses and
difficulty. You will have a lot of opportunities to talk yourself out of the
goal. But if you can keep going back to the reason and your desire for the
goal, those will help you stay on track.
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Tip #1782 - Devise a Plan to Meet Your Goals.
This is vital in making the goal
a reality. Without a plan, your goal has little chance of success. Write an
overall summary of the goal, including details such as timing, cost and
location to make it authentic. Decide where to begin, and then make a detailed
step-by-step plan of the major tasks needed to achieve the goal. If in doubt,
work backward in stages from the final result. Make deadlines if you like, but
keep them realistic to avoid disappointment.
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Tip #1783 - Do Something Daily Toward Your Goals
Nothing
replaces repetition and creating momentum like doing something to get you
closer to your goal every day. You will naturally take some time off, but if
you don't take seriously the first 30 days of work on the goal and use them to
create momentum, it's almost guaranteed you won't get there.
The
first 30 days are critical to convincing your B.S. monitor that you're serious.
Organizationally, it convinces colleagues you're serious.
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Tip #1784 - Adapt and Adjust Your Goal
As
you work on your daily mini goals and toward the bigger goal, be willing to adapt.
Make the mini goals more difficult if they seem too easy. Make them easier if
they become too taxing.
The
main thing is that if your brain deems the mini goal to be too difficult,
you'll quit. If it's too easy, you're running in place. Find the middle so you
have advancement each day.
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Tip #1785 - Regularly Reassess Goals.
Frequently
re-examine the goal to ensure it’s still what you really want. Recognize and
celebrate each small success along the way. Adapt it if necessary, but keep to
your main objective. Work hard and stay focused on the result.
