How Do You Inspire Your Employees And Stay On Track?

7 tips to follow

As you lead or manage a team or organization, there is a lot on your shoulders. You want to see success, increased performance and greater results. Along the way, it can be easy to lose sight of what really matters — people. So, how do you inspire your employees and stay on track?
 

Inspiring people is something that sounds really great in theory but can be much more difficult in practice. The main reason is not knowing what to do or how to go about it.

That’s why we’ve developed a list of 7 ways to inspire your employees. We hope it helps you along the way of your inspirational leadership journey!

There’s nothing worse than feeling like someone isn’t being transparent and real with you. Your employees are no different. They want you to be your authentic self and share with them who you really are. This will, in turn, help them to become more authentic and will lead to a more collaborative and successful work environment.

Chat with team members and find out what they want out of their career. Instead of labeling them or assuming you know what they’re shooting for, ask what their dreams are and what they want in the future. This will help you know ways to encourage them and pour into their development.

This ties directly into connecting with their dreams. Once you’ve had a conversation with them about what they want for the future, this will give you an inside look into how they see themselves as well. Maybe they are aiming too low – you now have the opportunity to inspire them to greater things than they realized they could do.

There’s nothing wrong with personal opinions and sharing those but speak with the knowledge that you have taken the time to research, read through and truly understand. This will inspire your employees to become more credible and do further research into your industry as well.

Storytelling never gets old and everyone loves a good one! This is a time and place where you can be authentic and share from your previous experience, things you learned, or something you gathered from another person’s story.

Although you should always be aspiring to grow, as a leader, it also your responsibility to help your team grow and reach their own goals. Set up one-on-one time with different employees and go over a regular strategy that will help them achieve those goals!

By inspiring the people around, you will automatically create a better culture. Think about the kind of environment you want your people to come into every day and take every step possible to make sure they can experience that day in and day out.

Inspiring your team isn’t complicated, but it does require diligence and care. The steps to take are right there, they just have to become habits that you live out daily. For more tips on inspiring the people around you, check out our free eGuide.

Terry Barber is a subject matter expert on employee engagement and corporate culture. He is the author of two best-selling books, The Inspiration Factor, “How to revitalize your culture in 12 weeks” and “Kulture Klash, an allegory on good and bad bosses.” Presently, Terry serves as the Chief Culture Officer for the combined companies of Jubi and onQ.  Connect Terry Barber Visit www.getjubi.com/