Innovate And Inspire With Your Team This Year

March 22, 2018

If you are in charge of a team this year, you will want to make sure that they are always happy and that together you can make a positive impact in your field. There are plenty of ways to inspire and create great things alongside your team, and here are just a few of them.
Find your maximum growth
Believe it or not, not every company needs to reach for the stars and grow to a global scale. In fact, sometimes you can do much better staying where you are or just expanding a little bit and staying true to your roots. Explore the place you feel is your optimum and push towards this alongside your team. Once you have your end goal you will be able to push forward with much more purpose than you did before.

Show your story
One of the things which always makes people believe in a company is their story. If you want to give that sense of pride and inspiration within your team and your audience, you need to think about telling the story of how you got where you are today. If you started from nothing and made it into a business of passion and happiness, you need to put this across to your audience and let them know how much you love your company. Tell your story in a way which shows who you are as a company and the ideals you hold. Give them a reason to support you and stay loyal.
Create an inspirational space
If you want to allow for innovation in your field and creativity from your team you need to take the time to build a space which is inspiring. If you think about it, your office is like your home, and it needs to be a light, happy and productive space if you are to succeed. You don’t necessarily need to get the digger and great rig mats for sale quite yet, but just a reshuffle of the space inside can make a big difference to your working atmosphere.
Be inspiring
As a team leader, a manager and a role model you need to be the first front which shows everyone how they should behave and what team they are fighting for. If you think about it, you need to show yourself as someone that your team can look up to and someone who they aspire to be like. If you can lead the way with your ideals and opinions, others will follow and eventually you will have that loyal team who will back you all the way.
Look outside
When we are in the same place day in day out it can be too easy to get stuck in our own ways. However it is only when we look outside and experience something new that we gain a new perspective on our own business and our own ideals. Take the time every few months to take your team somewhere you’ve never been before. Experience new things and this can help you bond as well as gain new insights.

Mark Asquith

That British podcast guy, Mark is co-founder of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host. A Harvard, TEDx, Podcast Movement and Podfest speaker (amongst many more!), he's a wildly approachable Brit and Star Wars/DC Comics geek.

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