Throw celebrations? Yes!
New client. Christmas. Big sale. Merger.
BUT
Nothing beats a surprise party. Give back to your employees. Surprise them once or twice a year with a special random party/celebration.
They’ll love you. They’ll love their job.
It’ll make them happy and enjoy their job even more.
WHO DOESNT LIKE SURPRISES
If you run a team, group, organization or company.
Instead of people always having to come to the boss with new ideas, let them have different people they can reach out to.
Don’t let them live in fear of having talk to the boss; who then shuts down the idea anyway cause he had a bad day, mood or feeling.
Give other people in your team the power to take new ideas and get them rolling on their own.
Other people might see opportunities that you are blind to. Other people in your team might also not be as intimidating as speaking to the boss directly.
Encourage trial and error.
Give them an extra break or time during the day to dabble and experiment with new ideas. (If they choose to)
Don’t let it be a hierarchy of ideas.
A 21 year old newbie can have a better idea than a 45 year old veteran who’s worked for you for many years.
They don’t work. Apparently.
People are shy. People are nervous, introverted or have low self esteem.
Which leads to few ideas or bandwagoning the first one.
Let people come up with ideas on their own (in private). Then the leader shares them anonymously to the group.
Then the group builds on the ideas or moves them to the side.
The best leaders LISTEN!
Shut up!
Nelson Mandela let everyone at the table speak before he spoke himself. Gathering knowledge equally from all members present.
Leaders intimidate their followers if they come into the hearing guns blazing.
Followers are scared, nervous, afraid of judgment, anxious of bad feedback.
Let them be heard. Let them open up
That’s how you truly discover all the gold nuggets in your group.
Teams that focus on results instead of relationships tend to receive bigger gains… BUT ONLY, if they have a leader who puts people first. Someone who cares about the individuals on the team.
A glue of sorts.
Observe Love Create