Effective Leadership Strategies to Motivate Your Team
You don’t become a true leader in one day. With time, experience and understanding of different situations, you become a true leader. Then you slowly develop the power to motivate your subordinates.
Help your team attain its goal
As a team leader/manager you need to make your team “the best” among other teams. As a leader you need to encourage your team with motivating words. Even the criticism should be such that they don’t feel discouraged to work further. Instead they should be able to strive ahead to achieve their goal.
Be heard among your team members
Develop excellent communicating skills so that you can convey the actual message to your subordinates. Be simple and clear from the start so that there remains no place for doubt. Ask your team members to come to you repeatedly for clarification. Ask them in return given a chance how they will try to achieve the set goal. They will feel encouraged and happy.
Encourage your team to trust you
Your team should trust you enough to confide in you. You should always be there for them when they want to share anything with you. This will increase the understanding between you and your team.
As a leader of the team, you need to make certain that they like what you are doing for them to be satisfied and contented.
Again in the process of sharing things with them, do not encourage them to disclose any grapevine gossip.
Incorporate friendship with your team members
As a manager or leader, if you stay unapproachable and keep a wall around you, you will be creating a barrier between yourself and your team members. There should never be a huge gap between you and your team. As a good leader you should incorporate friendship and camaraderie.
Positive Reinforcement
Let your employees know that their efforts will always be recognized and will be treated as true accomplishments in the company. A token gift, a certificate, a scribble of encouragement in the whiteboard or even sticking a post-it on their cubicle wall will work wonders.
Make sure to reward the entire group once a project has successfully commenced. Take them out to team lunch or give them small tokens like gift coupons.
Happy Employees
Always try to determine whether your team members are happy with their job or not. The performance of an unhappy or dissatisfied employee will never be up to the mark. Create a positive energy among your employees. This will come once they are truly happy and well encourage in their work.
