What are some of your tips and tricks for keeping your team motivated?

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CIO / Managing Partner in Manufacturing4 years ago

Help them to understand how what they are doing fits into the bigger picture and how crucial it is.

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Head Of Information Technology - Valueleaf Group of Companies4 years ago

Giving them a sense of being unique. Giving them a sense that they are the fort timers to do a certain thing.

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Director of IT in Software4 years ago

Have compassion and empathy… yes the work needs to be done… but understand/remind yourself that those are humans with families, issues, worries etc. Try to understand that everyone can have a bad day or loose focus. Be kind as often as you can and show your employees that you truly care about them as human beings and are not only worries about their performance and contribution.

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Senior Director - Enterprise IT & Cloud Transformation in Services (non-Government)4 years ago

Give employees and customer wow . Focus more on user experience.
Be proactive.. Rebook traditional processes. Automate, build intelligence using AI.

AVP IT, CTO, and Deputy CIO in Education4 years ago

In what context?  Now that they are remote?  Related to difficulty with recruitment and retention?  Upskilling and promotion?  Context could make a difference.

Some things that I've always done:
Be present.  Walk around, drop into offices, join meetings where you are invited but not expected.  This is more difficult with remote teams, but it's even more important to make the effort.

Be real and approachable.  More than an open door policy.  Be a real person that your teams enjoy being around.

Connect the work they are doing to the business success.  It's often easy for individuals to feel disconnected because they don't see how their everyday work promotes success of the business or improves the customer experience.  Use specific examples to connect the dots to demonstrate why and how their daily tasks directly contribute to the success of the organization and align with the mission and strategic plan.

Find ways to create joy.  It's easy to get run down in the daily monotony or fire drills.  Happy teams are more likely to be motivated.

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