Managers: take advantage of the end of the year to remotivate your teams!

The end-of-year period is indeed an ideal time to boost your team ! An appointment not to be missed, because it is the moment when the employee realizes the objectives and challenges of the company. Often, management communicates figures and objectives. And for you, as a manager, it’s much easier to pass on these new elements to your employees. In any case, you have all the tools to motivate your teams during this key end-of-year period.
How? With participative management , for example; or by fostering bonds within your team or congratulating your employees for their efforts during this year of accomplished and busy work.
Let’s take a closer look at different avenues you can use:

 

Participative management: go and find “talent” in the company

Knowing how to delegate in periods of transformation of a company is the challenge of management.
Indeed, in the case of a transition mission, for example, the interim manager often arrives without having all the elements at his or her disposal. Thus, finding “talents” or “relays” in the company to carry out projects and messages is extremely valuable. They know the company well, its history, its culture and offer them the opportunity to express themselves within a team values them as well as their skills. And at the end of the year, it is an opportunity to strengthen this interpersonal link within your team and thus encourage their active contribution to the project.
The 4 advantages of participative management :
– Communication between managers, employees and employees is clearer.
– Respect for others is valued.
– Dialogue allows the project to move forward with new ideas.
– Delegation or empowerment, everyone feels involved in the project.

The interim manager has the qualities to remotivate teams

Indeed, you know how to integrate easily into a new structure while quickly assimilating the ins and outs of it.
You have a job in your own right and during this pivotal period, you can be an important and quickly essential element within the company.
First of all, you know how to focus your results and speak truthfully, to reason “added value”, which helps you to convey the right message during an end-of-year review for example. You like to confront complex situations while enjoying working in project mode and many more…

 

The basics that every manager must apply to motivate his team at the end of the year

• It’s a good time to redefine the objectives!

The end-of-year period is therefore a good time to redefine the missions and objectives of your team. An employee who does not know where he or she is going will quickly become discouraged with a loss of confidence.
The interim manager is there to give meaning to the missions of his employees while promoting their personal development.

Thus, you can be a support during the individual interview of your team, or good advice when talking about bonuses or salary increases for the coming year.

• Congratulations to your teams!

Period of assessment, the die is cast, it’s time to break the ice.
Moreover, the employees themselves confirm that congratulating them motivates them more in their work. And even better if it comes from a manager, as shown by a Gallup study (according to 24% of employees).
So what are you waiting for to congratulate your teams ? Don’t hesitate to give feedback, even informally, and also to thank you for the work done throughout the year.
You are finally showing that their efforts are recognized and appreciated.

• Foster their creativity

Another quality that needs to be developed in your employees and which is one of the most in-demand on the job market today is creativity.
This is all the more true in times of transition. New ideas are necessary to move a project forward within a structure in full transformation. So don’t hesitate to multiply the brainstorming sessions, to organize special “creativity” days with a reward for ever more innovative ideas.

• A time to strengthen the bonds between your employees

Good understanding within a team is often the result of good communication. Multiply communication tools such as corporate messaging. Mobilize your staff by organizing team building activities, set common goals. And in the event of a conflict, once again promote communication: listen, and decide if necessary. Listen to the needs and desires of your teams.

• Personal fulfillment as a watchword

Let your teams talk! It is always interesting to know the desires and ambitions of each of them. Show your support in their cross-functional projects, for example, this is also the right time to offer more favourable working conditions. This is a reward after a year of professional effort.

• Announce the new challenges for the start of the 2019 school year

It’s time to start anew!
Go to the essentials, while staying on the company’s core values and challenges.
Whether positive or negative, it is necessary to take stock of the past year… And why not announce a new management style at the start of the 2019 school year!

Rémi Dessertine