Creating a Challenge Can Motivate Your Team in Hard Times
You're leading a team that in this climate may be feeling stressed and possibly unmotivated. And when people are feeling like that, not much gets done the way you'd like it (or the way your team would like it) to get done.
A great way to get everyone moving is to focus them on a challenge - a call to action. Get them all working toward something that they think is important and that they can rally around. By framing the next big task as a challenge, people unite behind you as you all move forward to get the job done.
Why? Because a strong call to action gives people a sense of purpose with an eye on getting to the goal line. It encourages them to break through their own personal barriers to get themselves and everyone else to a better place.
(C) 2009 Denise Brouillette, San Francisco, CA. All Rights Reserved.
Denise Brouillette is the president of The Innovative Edge LLC and The Women's Edge in Leading.
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