Written By: Victoria DelFrate, President, www.ICanPlan.Biz. The easiest online business planning system you will ever use! vdelfrate@icancoaching.net. Phone: 805-527-2980.
Do you ever find yourself at the head of that same oblong table in front of the same 10, 20 or more pair of glazed-over eyes, listening to yourself drone on about sales stats and production levels, asking if anyone has a topic that they’d like to discuss, knowing no one is likely to even hiccup?
Do you find yourself using worn out clichés like “At the end of the day…” “There’s no ‘I’ in ‘team,’” or my personal favorite, “I think it's important that we remember to look at the big picture?” Or have you long since given up on the vision of facilitating energetic, creative, engaging and productive team meetings and have opted to simply bring in donuts and coffee every Tuesday instead?
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never met a Krispy Kreme I didn’t like, however, they’ve never wielded the power to inspire me to be more productive, brainstorm system efficiencies, or motivate me to set a stretch goal for myself.
The following are ideas and activities that some of my clients have implemented with their teams that have reported having boosted morale, strengthened the team bond, and increased productivity.
So what does a leader have to do to get his team to show up consistently to weekly team meetings and actually participate?
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