Team morale is often a leading challenge for companies worldwide. So how do you, as a leader, create excitement and confidence in a team?
1. Align your company with a bigger purpose
Instead of emphasizing what you do as a company; focus on why you do it.
2. Display integrity at all times
Integrity creates trust, which in turn boosts morale and engagement. You like to work with people you can trust. So, as an individual and organization, keep your promises and act from your highest self at all times.
3. Create a stimulating workplace
Whether it’s providing breakout spaces to socialize and collaborate or offering healthier food options, or onsite yoga classes, or individualized training sessions, make the office a place your employees come to where they feel connected, empowered, and productive.
4. Build engagement and connection
Find out what your employees are most passionate about and then create opportunities/platforms where they can connect and feel a sense of belonging with others.
5. Encourage a culture for free and uninhibited flow of communication
Create a culture where people are not afraid of expressing their doubts, ideas, and concerns. Allow free flow of discussions without frequent interruption and judgment to enable participation from each team member.
6. Offer opportunities for self-development
An organization that provides a good learning environment with an emphasis on identifying and nurturing individual skills is more likely to have a motivated workforce.
7. Define clear end objectives and guidelines
Once you set clear goals, ensure everyone is clear about their individual role, relative priority, and timing of that goal, as well as the team’s role in reaching it.
8. Don’t micromanage
The best solution is to hire the right people, set clear goals, and then let them figure out the best way to achieve them.
9. Foster their creativity
People feel most productive when they are working on a project which actualizes their creative potential.
10. Acknowledge, appreciate, and celebrate
Take time out to pinpoint, share and celebrate individual successes with the entire team.
11. Resolve issues promptly
Resolve the issues promptly by taking a fair overview of individual viewpoints and then taking just action, giving a clear basis for the action taken.