9 Tips on How to Motivate Team Members

The group of individuals you assemble as your company’s core team will be vital to its survival. Every person has enormous potential that is just waiting to be realized. Think about them doing it while they are employed by your business. What would it look like if every team member you had experienced that flash of inspiration while working for your company?

Here are 9 tips to motivate your team members to become phenomenal leaders within your organization:

1. Saying that “workers” arrive to work late, leave early, and steal from you while they are there, Dave Ramsey once urged people to stop using the term. Businesses that have succeeded have developed teams of individuals that cooperate to achieve a common objective. Instead of seeing your “workers” as your servants, start thinking of them as teammates. I never use the word “employee” because I detest it (other than for the blog title).

2. Speak their language. I mention this tip repeatedly in other blogs and with coaching clients. We are all wired to behave differently. I call this the language of human behavior. Some people are introverts, some are extroverts; some are initiators and some are finishers. Some are assertive and while others are more passive. To the degree you can understand your team member’s behavioral language and then speak to that, you will have high chances of success and connection with them. Here is a FREE assessment you and your team members can take to determine your behavioral languages.

3. What is the one major objective that, if you could assist them in achieving it, would radically alter their life? The outcomes of what I started doing with my team a few years ago have been astounding. This single objective serves as the basis for all of their interactions, inspirations, and drives in the workplace. They become more inspired and motivated at work if you provide them with the tools and support they need to connect with and achieve this significant personal objective.

4. Share in the profits. Something I implemented early on in my business was profit sharing. When a team of people comes together to help you and your company make a profit, sharing in it is one of the ultimate rewards. Sharing and being generous with your team will show that you care about them more than the money they make you. Because of that, they will continue to make your more money. Profit sharing does not always have to be monetary either. Think about taking a company trip or retreat, having a big celebration, or purchasing your team member something they have always had on their bucket list.

5. Have them be part of a bigger purpose- People do not work for a company because of the job description, they do so to be part of a bigger purpose. When you can align your purpose and direction with that of your team members, you will gain high levels of loyalty.

6. Show it don’t say it. It is one thing to tell a team member, “I appreciate you”, and it is another to do it. Make sure that you share your appreciation in words as well as in deeds. Also understand how your team members receive appreciation, as this differs from person to person.

7. Have their back both within and outside the workplace. When your team understands that you are more than a boss and that you have their back when it comes to their objectives and lives, they will have your back as well.

8. Help them develop their vision. Many successful businesspeople have spoken about the significance of vision. More than ever before, business owners and CEOs are developing and carrying out their objectives. Now, spread that vision throughout your company. Give your team members a clear picture of what life will be like in three to four years by helping them to cast a vision. Then connect their vision for their life with your own and that of your business. Greatness will come after alignment and consistency.

9. “I never feel like I am coming to work”- over the years I have implemented these strategies and concepts and the repeated sentence I hear from my team is that they, “I never feel like I’m coming to work.” When you start to hear your team members say this, you know you are doing something right!

So what are your thoughts? I would love for you to post your comments and feedback below. Have you implemented any of these strategies? If so, what has worked? What else are you doing in addition to this?

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