It can be a difficult task to keep your team motivated, and an unmotivated team isn’t good for productivity. Thankfully finding the right motivation to keep your team going isn’t impossible. Here are seven tips you can use as part of your team coaching strategy that will help keep you team on task and productive.
Recognize Star Performance
Give credit where credit is due. Recognizing outstanding employee performance is a proven method in boosting morale and enhancing performance. Being recognized for a job well done makes employees feel more emotionally connected to their job and willing to perform well in the future.
Incentivize Work
Have contests and other fun competitions among your employees with small prizes for the teams who can meet or exceed a certain goal the fastest. These contests may seem trivial, but they bring out the competitive nature in people and are a fun way to get work done without the tasks feeling daunting.
Don’t Micromanage
Being a micromanager can have an adverse effect on employee productivity. When someone feels like their boss is constantly watching them, it causes them to doubt themselves and they’ll begin to question their behaviors. Instead, give them the tools they need to do their job and trust them to do it.
Invest in the Right Tools
It’s difficult to get a job done when you’re dealing with old, dated equipment. Invest in new technology that will make each of your employees’ jobs easier. Investing in the right hardware has a lasting benefit and you’ll see that when people aren’t fussing with their equipment, they’ll get their work done faster.
Further Education
Offer your employees the opportunity to improve in their job. Send them to trainings, seminars and team coaching workshops that will update their skills and teach them new ways of doing their job that may be faster than how they’re currently working. This is especially true when new technologies emerge that can streamline manual processes.
Create the Right Environment
People spend a good portion of their waking hours at work, so why not make it a positive environment? Offer perks like office happy hours, exercise programs, telecommuting and the ability to leave work early on a Friday to keep your employees engaged in their work. When your employees feel like they’re being taken care of, they’ll go out of their way to take care of your business.
Employ the Right People
If you don’t employ the right people, your business will never thrive. Look for people with drive and ambition and who can work with minimal supervision. If you’re spending most of your time checking in on your employees to make sure they’re doing their job, it hurts productivity.
Use these 7 tips as part of your team coaching strategy and you’ll see an increase in productivity and employee morale and a decrease in turnover.