You’re struggling to keep your team motivated. How can you inspire them to keep pushing forward?

A major way to keep your struggling team motivated to keep pushing forward is to recognize their efforts. By recognizing your team efforts it gives them a sense of accomplishment and pride. This makes them feel valuable and ultimately motivates them to keep working even harder.

I have always believe that recognition is a major part of this. However, you must recognize the big and the small contributions. Also, I believe setting short term goals to motivate the team . Something that is achievable then celebrate as a team with that goal met. It will keep the team inspired to want to continue to achieve the major goals.

Communicating your vision is another way to keep your struggling team motivated to keep pushing forward. When you communicate your vision and how they fit into your vision this gives them a sense of belonging that they need.

Challenging their growth is needed to keep your struggling team motivated to keep pushing forward. Helping them to get out of their comfort zone and become comfortable uncomfortable in situations helps provide them essential development.

A real-life story of motivation: The pandemic hits and your organization that specializes in in-person events has a decision to make, close up shop or push through. The decision? Create and innovate. In the unknown of virtual events, we started from scratch on content but had 20+ years of experience. We stormed, formed, normed, performed and adjourned. The lesson? Some decisions are going to push members motivational limits. The key is to identify these limits and address them instead of "pushing through". Take inventory of members motivational languages (think love language). For some, Rewards is the most important and for others it’s Security, Control, Power. These are fluid so instead of “pushing through” lets start “checking in”.

We dedicate a significant portion of our lives to work, which is why it's important to incorporate an element of fun in the workplace. I strongly believe that a team that engages in enjoyable activities together is more likely to foster strong bonds and maintain a cohesive dynamic. Therefore, I encourage setting aside dedicated time to enjoy with your team.

As a teambuilding company, we’re always encouraging our clients to have honest conversations, communicate, and share their vision with one another. So it only seems natural, to do the same thing with our staff. Every few months, we make it a point to check in and even hold “fireside chats.” That’s when we ask our staff what their personal goals are, and how we can help them execute their vision. We love doing these and it’s a great way to show our team how much we appreciate them and care about their well-being. The people we hire are more than staff. To us, they’re family, so we treat them as such. That attitude has served us quite well over the years!