2 4 6 8…Who Do You Appreciate? Employees!

Do you want to 

• Build morale?
• Improve team spirit?
• Get people talking about something positive for a change?

This article has strategies that my clients use and they receive GREAT results.  They liberate their team so they WANT to come to work.

Read this short article on Quick Questions to Check Your  Team’s Intentions for more ideas on how to get input from your team,

1. Celebrate Small Wins:

•   Birthdays
•   Work oriented accomplishments increase morale

2. Manage the Junk Pile:

•   Ask the following question to your team:  “The most demeaning, annoying, and humiliating rule/procedure/form/regulation/policy with which I have to live with  
     is…”

3. Crystallize your mission:  Ask…

•   What am I doing that gets in the way of achieving this goal?
•   What am I doing to sabotage it?
•   Launch a campaign to eliminate these mission-stoppers

4. Appreciate them now:

•   Write notes to two or three people each week (taking risks, speaking well on the telephone, educating themselves, handling a tough member).

 5. See windows of opportunity:

•   Organize a team to visit other organizations
•   Study their leadership training, employee involvement, managing change, hiring, quality assurance, etc.

Thoughts From Joyce

These 5 strategies are just the tip of the iceberg.  I will be including a powerful interview in a future blog from the QUEEN of Morale Boosters, Harriet Meyerson who developed ConfidenceCenter.com.  She will give you ideas like the ones included in this article to help you reduce conflict in the workplace and bring back smiles to even the doubting team members.  Look for this interview soon.  

Please let me know what you or your company does to appreciate employees.  I will send a copy of my booklet, 19 Secrets for Successfully Navigating Life’s Potholes, Ruts and Obstacles if I use your ideas in a future blog.

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Until next time,

This is Joyce Weiss, Business Conflict Resolution Consultant
I help people become top level leaders who get GREAT results.
How do I do this?
I teach them to tackle the tough conversations with bullies and negative people to build employee engagement, accountability, and rock star performance…
The Result? My clients get a better night’s sleep!

Feel free to call me concerning your own team/executive retreats, workshops, on line professional growth coaching, and keynote speeches.

Remember…You Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Click here to read an article on Quick Questions to Check Your Team’s Intentions for more ideas on how to involve your team.