Motivation - The Benefits of Spending Time with Your Team

Benefit 1 - You get to understand them better

Almost everyone wants to know that their manager is genuinely and positively interested in them. They may not always give that impression by their demeanour but trust me - they want to know you care; they want acceptance from you.

If they know you care about them, then your relationship will be much more productive.

Benefit 2 - You find out how they're handling the job

As well as getting to know your team from a human or personal basis you need to get to know them on a business basis. How are they getting along with the job? And it's not a matter of asking - "How's the job going?" If you ask that then you may get a list of complaints or you may just get - "It's all going fine."

Benefit 3 - It helps you deal with problems

One of the main benefits of spending time with your team is that it lets them know you're there to help with problems. Of course, you're not there necessarily to solve their problems but to coach them to solve their problems.

Benefit 4 - They get to know you

Your team will want to know about you at both a personal and business level. Again, that doesn't mean sharing your intimate thoughts but it's similar to the things you want to know about them.

Even although team members don't ask you about yourself - tell them. Reveal bits and pieces about yourself over a period of time.

What you're really saying is - "I'm human, I'm like you and I experience the same situations."

Benefit 5 - You have the opportunity to give them feedback and coach them

This is one of the most important things the successful manager can do. This is your opportunity to tell them the things that you do like about their performance and also the things you don't like. Too often managers leave feedback until a performance review and often these are only once or twice a year.

Benefit 6 - They have the opportunity to give you feedback

Now this may make you feel a bit nervous and it certainly can be scary when you're not used to it but it is very motivational. If you create a healthy open environment in your team then they should feel comfortable giving feedback to you. It may not always be what you want to hear but it can certainly improve your relationship with them.

Benefit 7 - It encourages opinions and ideas to flow from them

It's often the case that members of your team have positive suggestions that will benefit the team, the business and you. However, they may not always be willing to seek you out and tell you about them. Perhaps they may feel foolish or embarrassed in front of their colleagues.

If you're spending time with them - then this is the ideal opportunity for them to give you their thoughts. Of course, you sometimes have to dig this out and encourage it.

Benefit 8 - It allows you to explain the company's mission and the team's role in this.

When you spend time with each individual it gives you the opportunity to explain how the business is going and how the team is performing. This is often done at a team brief and that's okay. However in a one to one situation you can discuss in more depth and encourage ideas and feedback from them as described above.

Discover how you can generate more business by motivating your team! Alan Fairweather is the author of "How to get More Sales by Motivating Your Team" This book is packed with practical things you can do to get the best out of your people. Visit http://www.howtogetmoresales.com

---

Intercultural Team Building

Internal business structures have been radically transformed over the past... Read More

The Stages Of Team Development

One of the greatest challenges a coaching manager has is... Read More

Why Is Teamwork Training Important?

"When teamwork kicks in, nobody can beat you." Don Shula,... Read More

12 Tips and Reminders for Team Members To Enjoy Their Team Experiences More

12 Tips and Reminders for Team Members To Enjoy Their... Read More

Putting the I in Team

This sports cliche is a memorable phrase that reminds people... Read More

Brainstorm

Ever lost for ideas while working in a group? One... Read More

Corporate Team Building

There is a WHOLE lot of talk these days about... Read More

How the P.R.I.D.E. Team Changed my Call Center

Several years ago I took an assignment as a Manager... Read More

Team Building Seminars: Why New Teams Struggle

With over 25 years of research and experience, we have... Read More

People Are The Heart Of Your Organization

Do you let your people express their thoughts about the... Read More

Conflict Is Cool

Having experienced more than my fair share of conflict over... Read More

Hand Out Warm Glows

Do you remember how you felt after your last interaction... Read More

Building Teams -You see it everywhere

A college football team has it. A corporation has it.... Read More

Team Building Part 2: Honesty is the Key!

The second in a series of 2 articles giving a... Read More

What Do Trainers Do When They are Not Training?

In the new corporate environments where everyone wears more than... Read More

Team Building Survey Reveals Clues, Not Answers

Team Building Question:I'm a manager of a team of 20... Read More

Safety First - Five Reasons to Hold a Routine Safety Meeting

Workplace safety is important to all businesses for ethical, legal... Read More

Communication between franchisees in a franchise system

If you own a franchise you would be wise to... Read More

Team Development and Learning

A tight knit team is a group of competent individuals... Read More

Building Successful Work Relationships--Playing In The Same Sandbox

Remember playing in your childhood sandbox? If you enjoyed being... Read More

Station Teams: Assembly Required

Too often teams aren't assembled. They just happen. A project... Read More

Team Building requires one great dynamic for true Success - Mateship

A Successful Team is built around mateship, around respect for... Read More

How To Help A Sick Team Become Healthy

Team Building Question:A team is full of animosity, pretended interpersonal... Read More

5 Reason Why Team Has A 4 Figure Income

You are new to Internet Marketing, you join one Affiliate... Read More

Discovering the Truth on MLM

Truth on mlmDid you know that the truth on mlm... Read More

WIIFM - Making the Whats In It for Me? Question Work for You

In the constantly changing world of Call Centers, asking agents... Read More

How Does Personal Development Help in Business?

Teams run most businesses and teams work best if each... Read More

Feedback - How to Make it Effective

Let's look at the detail of giving feedback. Whether you... Read More

Aligning Teams with Organizational Goals

Teams don't have to be aligned with the goals of... Read More

What Every Manager, Parent, and Teacher Should Know About How to Unify Employees, Families, & Youth

Project Head Start has been successful not only for the... Read More

Motivation - The Benefits of Spending Time with Your Team

Benefit 1 - You get to understand them betterAlmost everyone... Read More

Team Member Feedback: A Priceless Communication Tool

Feedback is such an important communication tool. Openness, honesty, candor,... Read More

High Performing Teams: 10 Things You Want To Know About Building A High Performing Team

"Conflict becomes politics, commitment becomes 'Only if it's in my... Read More