To help managers who feel that their employees have lost the vision.
Managers occasionally want to re-ignite the fire in their teams' bellies. Employees can sometimes lose the force of inspiration that started the company or drove their earliest success. Here are six ways for a manager to recapture the vision and transmit it to their employees.
Six Tips for Recapturing a Positive Culture in Your Department:
Accept that it's your responsibility. If your employees are lackadaisical and appear to be in it strictly for the money, you have a significant role. You are some part of the problem and will be a major part of the solution.
Be clear about where you are now. You may need to administer surveys, perform interviews, and gather data. You need to know where you are, make clear where you want to be, and point out the gap between the two.
Create a step by step plan to "bridge the gap." Base the steps on behavioral expectations and practical actions.
Make a defining statement that things will change as you go forward. Hold a meeting and share the plan. Be very clear about your expectations.
Work the plan. Hold people accountable. Reward and punish them consistently and appropriately.
Keep your eye on the prize. Change is difficult. But, the reward is that people are excited to come to work.
Start with you. Clear your head, make a plan, share your vision, follow through, and focus on the reward. Then, everyone will experience the passion.
