10 Unexpected Actions That Energize Your Team Today
Life is better for you when you fuel other people’s energy.
- Call an unplanned meeting and tell the team why you’re proud of them. (Don’t tell them why you’re calling the meeting.)
- Ask everyone to send thank you emails to three people they serve. Ask each person to read one email they sent in your next meeting.
- Provide food unexpectedly and for no reason.
- Name a person on the team, ask, “What is something you admire about ________?” Repeat this for everyone at the table and for people who aren’t at the table too.
- Walk about asking, “What do you plan to do this weekend for fun?”
- Brag about your team to the boss’s boss while your team listens.
- Clarify progress by asking, “What’s one thing you want to get done before lunch today?”
- Ask people to talk about something they learned that made a big difference for them.
- Dedicate time for an improvement sprint. Improve one specific skill or result for the morning. Track progress. Report results before lunch. Short timelines are more energizing than distant goals.
- Bring in someone to share a breakthrough story. The longer the person struggled before breakthrough the better.
What could you do today to energize others?
Still curious:
How to Honor the Law of Vitality
Quick Strategies to Energize One-On-Ones
6 Ways to Reenergize a Depleted Team (hbr.org)