Team Refresh: Top 10 Ways to Give New Life to a Tired Team

Sometimes you realize you have a tired team. You need to give them new life and energy. So, what can you do to create a total team refresh? Here are 10 things... Let’s look at ten things you can do to re-energize a tired team that has been stretched and strained and wants a rest - yet still has work to do. This is my formula for a team refresh... 1. Take a Break Your team wants rest: give it to them. 2. Good News Make a real effort to identify good news items you can report to the team. 3. Optimism Cultivate an optimistic slant: not just shallow "glass half-full" optimism but a real focus on opportunities and solutions. And always demonstrate your faith in each individual and in the team, as a whole. 4. A problem shared... Act as a sounding board for your team members' problems, frustrations, and disappointments. 5. Recognize and Reward Recognize individual and team successes and set up a scheme of celebrating and rewarding them. 6. ... and Tackle Under-performance Persistent under-performers can sap a team's energy. So deal with the issues to ensure everyone feels that all their colleagues are contributing fully. 7. Review Milestones and Schedules Show your team that unreasonable milestones can move or that you are re-prioritizing work to meet them, and that challenging milestones are achievable. This will renew their sense of optimism and their sense of urgency. 8. Swap Roles Where possible, re-energize individuals by giving them new roles. 9. Greater Authority Consider the development each member has been through and review how much autonomy, control, and authority each person has. Can you give them more, to both challenge and refresh them and lighten your own load? 10. New Blood Bringing in an outsider or two can shake up the team, put them on their mettle, and introduce new thinking. Recommended Videos Carefully curated video recommendations for you: 🎬 Build High-Performing Project Teams - Conversation with Charles Vivian    • Build High-Performing Project Teams - Conv...   🎬 The Single Best Team Effectiveness Tool    • The Single Best Team Effectiveness Tool   🎬 Building Inclusive Teams: A Conversation with Anita Phagura of Fierce Project Management    • Building Inclusive Teams: A Conversation w...   🎬 Project Team Leadership: 5 Tips for Leading Your Project Team    • Project Team Leadership: 5 Tips for Leadin...   🎬 Real Project Team: What Will You Do to Create One?    • Real Project Team: What Will You Do to Cre...   🎬 How to Run a Great Project Team Meeting    • How to Run a Great Project Team Meeting   A while back, I asked Project Managers in a couple of forums what material things you need to have, to do your job as a Project Manager. They responded magnificently. I compiled their answers into a Kit list. https://kit.co/MikeClayton/what-a-pro... Note that the links are affiliated. For more great Project Management videos, please subscribe to this channel:    / @onlinepmcourses   For all our great Project Management articles and resources, please check out the OnlinePMCourses website: https://onlinepmcourses.com/ For basic Management Courses - free training hosted on YouTube, with 2 new management lessons a week, check out our sister channel, Management Courses:    / managementcourses   For more of our Project Management videos in themed collections, join our Free Academy of Project Management: https://onlinepmcourses.com/free-acad... #Project #ProjectManagement #TeamRefresh