Your team lacks motivation and direction. How can you inspire leaders to drive their own professional growth?
When your team seems unmotivated, guiding leaders to take charge of their own development can spark renewed enthusiasm. Here's how you can inspire them:
How do you motivate your team leaders? Share your strategies.
Your team lacks motivation and direction. How can you inspire leaders to drive their own professional growth?
When your team seems unmotivated, guiding leaders to take charge of their own development can spark renewed enthusiasm. Here's how you can inspire them:
How do you motivate your team leaders? Share your strategies.
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To inspire leaders to drive their own growth, focus on empowering autonomy, setting clear goals, providing learning opportunities, recognizing progress, leading by example, fostering a growth mindset, and encouraging networking. When leaders feel supported and valued, they’re motivated to invest in their own development.
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Aligning personal goals with professional/team goals. I try to facilitate the team thinking about their personal goals and how these overlap (or not) with the team's goals at least 2x a year.
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To inspire team leaders. I would call a 1:1 meeting with them to understand how they view their job responsibility and what are their challenges because when the team is not motivated, it is a reflection that the team leaders need handholding on the following areas: 1] Are they clear about their goals? 2]What is the support they need? 3] Are they facing any challenge? ( including management of team members) Once we understand their challenges we can jointly draw up an action plan and do a weekly and monthly review. Also help them with joint meetings with team members in case they have a challenge with managing specific team members and reiterate, the company's mission and goal and align it with their own individual goals.
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To inspire leaders to drive their own professional growth is by:- 1. Cultivate a Growth Mindset ? Encourage leaders to embrace challenges ? Promote learning from failures 2. Establish Clear Development Paths ? Create personalized growth plans ? Set SMART goals for each leader 3. Provide Diverse Learning Opportunities ? Offer a mix of formal and informal learning ? Encourage cross-functional experiences 4. Foster Peer-to-Peer Learning ? Create mentorship programs ? Facilitate knowledge-sharing sessions 5. Recognize and Reward Growth Efforts ? Celebrate learning milestones ? Link development to career progression 6. Lead by Example ? Share your own learning journey ? Demonstrate vulnerability in growth
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Inspire your leaders by demonstrating your own commitment to personal and professional growth. Share stories of challenges you’ve faced, lessons you’ve learned, and how you’ve applied those lessons to improve. When leaders see you embrace growth and treat setbacks as opportunities to learn, it reinforces that development is a journey, not a destination. This approach creates a safe environment where they feel encouraged to take risks, learn from mistakes, and pursue their own goals. Modeling a growth mindset shows that continuous learning isn’t just expected—it’s celebrated, motivating them to invest in their growth.