David Summerton Business Consulting
The Best Way To Manage a Team Teams are the building blocks of a successful organisation and are critical to any manager achieving their Objectives. What has become even more important in the age of “more for less” is that we all need to be managing High Performing Teams – all well and good but …
Monday Morning Team Motivation Motivated staff give a business a clear competitive edge, especially where the market is crammed with businesses offering either the same, or very similar, products and services. Many managers see this as a big challenge and a weakness in their style and methods of operation if the team is demotivated and …
10 Simple Steps To Get A Motivated Team There is an absolute connection and positive correlation between staff engagement/motivation and profitability: having happy and content staff maximises growth and performance in any organisation in any setting or sector. The 10 Steps are: Trust the team – let them make decisions and avoid as much as …
11 Really Effective Ways To Motivate Staff Help them see why their work is important – never let your staff feel that they are just a small cog in a very big wheel. Make it clear how important each step is to the bigger picture – small systems and processes always contribute to a bigger …
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How To Motivate Your Team Ask yourself the following questions about the team that you manage? Are the tasks that you manage enjoyable and interesting? Are there good working relationships? This includes amongst team members, managers and other colleagues. Is there full appreciation and recognition? This can range from a simple thank you to a …
How Team Leaders Can Manage Change Effectively To deliver successful change you MUST understand why that change is necessary: success here lies in the preparation of selling the change itself. You MUST communicate, facilitate and enable that change process to happen so that team members are brought together and that they understand what is going …
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Two Basic Things Staff Want From Their Managers The manager should be “present” when work is being done and equally when there are down-times when some social contact works well. This means that you pay attention to your staff so that they feel a connection with you. Listen to what they say, put the mobile …
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How To Really Motivate Your Team Be clear on what is expected of the staff as both individuals and members of a wider team. Setting realistic goals that go above just the basics – having targets that are stretching and developmental. Running regular team Meetings that are structured, follow a standard pattern (Agenda, Minutes, Venue …
