MOTIVATING YOUR TEAM THROUGH AUTHORITY & EMPATHY IN COVID-19

DMM DEPARTMENT

MB Enterprises

Team motivation during the Pandemic COVID-19 can be a tough scenario as employees can get easily demotivated due to the circumstances. This can lead due to being staying away from work for a long period and lacking mental fitness attached to a remote working environment. In few cases this is true that a remote working environment needs more focus and a dedicated approach that helps in an optimistic progression. Another key fact is the forming of new values under the strain and the employees gain fresh perspectives on their organization and its leadership.

COVID-19, is yet another financial crisis apart from the many that have resulted in big failures for many companies. No matter how well your business is running Pre-COVID-19 & during the current circumstances. Hence, there are many external forces that will keep testing you, the company culture and how well you can adopt to changes and resolve these changes for a better tomorrow. If you are a leader, leading a team of professionals and dedicated employees, your team doesn’t depend on what you say. The message is heavily influenced by your chosen communication mediums, and your dedication for larger missions and values.

HOW TO MOTIVATE EMPLOYEES THROUGH A CRISIS:

Motivating the employees through a crisis needs immense amount of attitude, talent and determination for a true lead. It not only demands high quality of leadership skills, but it also demands consistency and decision making that can be impactful for the future. The following are some useful tips for the future.

RE-COMMUNICATE THE VISION:

Communicating the vision time & again is a necessary part of the key procedures that involves the leadership. Strongly and consistently reminding your vision to yourself and the team will definitely make the team realize that they are after their targets in the best of ways. Make sure that you keep reminding your team of the longer journey even in COVID-19 period and while working remotely. Ironically, the two major factors in the pathway of your vision and company’s vision includes inspiring & motivating people. It’s the tasks of the leadership to communicate with their team players in the best possible ways. This communication with the team will make your team be more

connected to the company’s purpose and its sustainable mission. Hence, re-communicating the vision can also empower productivity to higher levels within the team.

LET YOUR EMPLOYEES BE MORE OPEN IN ASKING QUESTIONS:

It’s one of the tasks of the motivated leadership to let their employees be more open to questions. Asking questions will definitely help the team players clear their doubts regards to any project or a key task or mission. The team players in the company can easily see what’s on everyone else’s mind if they keep a question/answer question. In case of a high-performing team the best thing is that that questions will be productive, meaningful, and in the right direction and attitude.

MIXING UP YOUR DELIVERY CHANNELS:

Mixing up the delivery channels in times of the pandemic COVID-19 is a huge measure that will boost the employee in a friendly team environment. Therefore, a team environment in COVID-19 shouldn’t get boring, otherwise there will be more ways to get pressurized at work than working in a chill environment. The various delivery channels & communication medium includes, ZOOM, Skype, Facebook, & WhatsApp and a variety in the usage is highly attached to the psychological reasons. Change is the best recipe according to many pundits from Work from home. It is indeed the spice of life and something that can increase the disturbed motivational attitude of some or many team players. This is primarily related to aspects of change management in a company.

TELLING RELATED & REAL STORIES:

Telling stories that are related to the events and happenings holds huge amount of interest for team players and boosting their emotional intelligence aspects. Similar scenarios of the past related to stories of the real world corporate culture and examples are taken as productive case studies to resolve issues. COVID-19, a unique and latest pandemic is one of its kind and demands a huge variety and flexibility in the attitude of the leaders. As it’s the sole responsibility of the leaders to create a ladder for their team while leading & motivating for future agendas.