Keeping Your Team Motivated to Achieve That Big Goal

When the daily grind of a long term project at work is bogging down your team and zapping their efficiency, nobody's happy... not them, not your boss and least of all, you.  So how can you reignite your team and make it through that big project that looms ahead? 

First, Set Mini Goals 

Successful managers, leaders, researchers and anyone else who's faced with leading a team through a long term goal will tell you: 

Instead of obsessing about the end date or deadline, focus on the day-to-day work your team is performing and before you know it, you'll all be on track again. 

That's right: break it down in manageable chunks and suddenly it seems do-able.  What you need to do is inject some "mini goals" to keep them motivated. 

Simply breaking that big project down into smaller tasks is just the first step towards jump starting your team and getting them motivated to work hard. 

Secondly, Offer Rewards 

Many teams lose their mojo- when they lose sight of the main goal because it's so far away. 

Teams need something more than knowing that someday they'll finish.  They even need something more than knowing today they'll finish their "mini goals". 

After all, because you are the leader of your team, you'll probably be getting recognition for finishing that long-term project.  You might even be getting a raise or a promotion.  But your team?  What's the light at the end of the tunnel for them? 

What you need to do is build a few "windows" into your long dark tunnel.  This means offering incentives to go along with those "mini goals" you created.  Scientists have found that offering rewards inspires daily motivation towards long term success.  

What's more, the rewards don't even have to be meaningful or relevant.  That's right, the rewards can be totally ridiculous and meaningless, and your team will know it, but it will still work.  You see, human biology responds to small rewards throughout the day.  It's all based on those small doses of brain chemicals mainly (dopamine) that is associated with pleasure, and we all experience it when something good happens. 

So get thinking about what small rewards your team would appreciate, set smaller daily goals, and finishing that Big Project won't seem quite as daunting.  

If you’d like more ideas, at the bottom of this video I’ll list a few more ideas you can use. 

Also, I coach many teams and team leaders in small to mid businesses. And If you’d like more information about my coaching called CATALYST, you can go to my website at www.livinglifeblessed.com/coaching. Or you can contact me at [email protected] 

You’ll be amazed at the productivity your team can accomplish with just a few simple ideas. 

We’ll see you soon.

Here are a few blogs and Ideas/Tips to Motivate Your Team or Maybe Yourself

https://fitsmallbusiness.com/how-to-motivate-your-team/

https://recruiterbox.com/blog/motivate-your-team-to-do-its-best-work

https://www.inc.com/peter-economy/9-super-effective-ways-to-motivate-your-team.html