Inspire Your Team to Get Things Done

As a manager, inspiring your team in the right way to get things done can result in wondrous results as well as higher chances that the team remains a team for a long period of time. As Marcus Buckingham famously said, “People leave managers, not companies.”

Being a great leader can affect the professional lives and even careers of your whole team. And of course, read success in the projects you and your team work on.

How to Inspire Your Team to Get Things Done?

Break it Down

Encourage the team to test smaller parts of a larger idea first before diving straight into the big idea. This will not only allow the team to gauge the potential success or failure of the project, but they will also gain confidence while doing small portions well and advancing slowly. Tackling a large project head on can be intimidating and also unclear since there are so many facets. This has a higher chance of failing than if smaller targets are set and met one by one.

Focus on work that is visible

Target work a few weeks at a time. Executing a few weeks at a time is far more effective since the work at hand is clear. While the big picture is also in everyone’s mind, it’s important that the work required in the upcoming weeks is visible so that the team can tackle the steps to completion one by one.

Limit your target audience

To ensure your team succeeds, help them limit their audience. Targeting a very specific profile is easier than one with multiple personalities. Make sure your target group is as clear as an actual visible person. This allows the team to understand the aspects of the TG far better than a hypothetical person belonging to a group that has multiple aspects.

Clear the path

Allow your team to be able to work with as few potential issues as possible. While allowing them to work it out themselves, guide them to be able to identify and tackle potential issues in a project beforehand. This allows them to get things done effectively.

Review progress and failure

Have regular recounts of the work done so that the team can access their own progress, as well as areas that need work. This also allows the team not to be afraid of failures and rather just address it and move forward.

Be a mentor

It’s important to get to know your team. Understand each member’s personality, strengths, and weaknesses so that you can coach them through the project, give them feedback, and monitor how they progress. Speak with them one-on-one if required from time to time so that you have a better idea of their abilities and mental state while they are also not intimidated by you but rather consider you an ally. This makes for a more honest working environment.

Welcome the successes and the failures

Failures are just as important, if not more so, as successes. Cultivating an environment where successes are celebrated and failures are welcomed and not looked down upon, is one that will be forever rewarding. It will create a supportive environment that is focused on growth and betterment. It also reduces stress levels and increases productivity.

A manager’s job is of utmost importance for the success of a project. With these points in check, you can make sure your team is motivated and inspired to do a great job.

FAQs

Q. Why is it important to encourage your team to break down bigger projects?

A. Breaking down bigger ideas will allow the team to gauge the potential success or failure of the project and also gain confidence while doing small portions well and advancing slowly.

Q. What is the importance of celebrating the success and failures of your team?

A. Both success and failure are equally important to have more success and have a strong team. Cultivating an environment where successes are celebrated and failures are welcomed and not looked down upon will reduce stress and increase productivity, and create a supportive environment that is focused on growth and betterment.