Preparing for Q4: How Can You Push Employees to Success Before 2017
September 27th, 2016Fall has officially arrived and the holiday season will be here before you know it. Now that the fourth quarter of the year is approaching, it’s time to prepare a strategy for the next three months that allows your company to meet its year-end goals.
If you want to make big things happen in the next few months, you’ll need the full support of your team. Follow these tips to keep people motivated through the end of 2016.
4 Ways to Inspire Your Team to Achieve Year-End Goals
Get Everyone on the Same Page
For success to be achieved, everyone must work together, so gather your entire team for a meeting to get everyone up to speed. Remind employees of the company’s 2016 goals, provide a status update, and make it clear what needs to be accomplished by the end of the year to realize success. The sky’s the limit when your entire staff focuses on shared goals.
Let Employees Take the Lead
Knowing your boss trusts you enough to make important decisions is empowering, so inspire your best employees to produce their finest work by putting them in charge. Step back and allow top talent to guide the direction of key make-or-break projects, because people are more invested when they know they’re responsible for producing results. Maintain a hands-off approach — only adding input when necessary — and you won’t be disappointed with the outcome.
Provide the Proper Tools
Your employees are very talented, but they’re not superhuman. If you want them to make big things happen by the end of the year, you need to provide them with the resources needed to support these objectives. This can be anything from upgrading software to hiring additional staff to fill skills gaps, but make sure you’ve done your part to help them succeed. Realize your goals will not be accomplished if you place unrealistic demands on your employees.
Celebrate Small Victories
The road to success can be long and challenging, so keep your team motivated by celebrating every little win along the way. No matter how big or small an accomplishment is, it gets the team one step closer to meeting — or maybe even exceeding — year-end goals. Treating every victory as something major is a great way to boost morale and encourage people to keep working hard.
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