Soar to Success December 2020

S o far, this year, 2020 has brought us so many challenges that we haven’t experienced before. One area that has had a learning curve is how to stay productive, let alone increase productivity, during all the 2020 distractions. Recently while training a group of new leaders to be good leaders, I overheard a conversation where the new manager was telling another how he was “just getting through” his employees annual review’s. He mentioned that it was really easy to just “cut and paste” comments from one employee to another. Asyoucanguess…wehadsomejuicyconversation points for the rest of the day and for this article. Productivity will certainly decrease if and when the work environment either in session or remote is such that it drains their energy and leaves them feeling unmotivated. The best way to boost productivity is to motivate your team in one of two way. Either by giving external incentives or tapping into internal motivating mechanisms like personal growth and a sense of accomplishment. These motivation sources are dependent on the individual and if you don’t really know the individual you won’t know how and what motivates them. Here are nine proven ways to increase your team’s productivity. 1. Keep the communication lines open between the employees and leadership. The secret here is to listen to the employees, really listen to them. Notice them, engage them, be with them. Make By Jack Klemeyer Increasing Productivity While Remote