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For example, if you have an underperforming sales professional who hates doing written reports, let him focus more on being in the field where he feels most powerful, and either simplify the report requirements, make them less frequent or ask for an oral report.
Don’t corner your employees in tasks that drain their energy and affect their performance.
3. The Creative Project
Sometimes boredom is a big reason for underperformance. When an employee feels that there is nothing new to learn and that the growth and development rate has come to saturation, performance goes down immediately.
This is the perfect time to either assign new responsibilities to your employee or ask him to pick a problem at work and start a creative project to solve this problem. Give him full ownership to lead that project. If you trust your people, they will give back their intense loyalty.
4. The “Why You’re Awesome” Letter
When I do this exercise in my motivational workshops, it brings tears of joy to the participants’ eyes.
Ask your team members to write an anonymous sticky note to each other about “Why You Are Awesome” and stick it on each other’s desks.
“You’re awesome because you always make me laugh”, “You’re awesome because I can trust you when I go on vacation”, “You’re awesome because you taught me a lot” etc.
This will generate huge positive karma in the workplace and people will come alive again after feeling how much they are being loved and appreciated by everyone around them.
Yes, I know these 4 ways might look strange and uncommon, but when does an inspirational leader follow the ordinary path?
Remember, your #1 role as a leader is to create a passion-driven culture where people feel great and at the same time maximize profits.
Mohamed Tohami is a bestselling author and Egypt’s #1 motivation expert. He is also a professional member of the Global Speakers Federation and the (USA) National Speakers Association, the premier organizations for professional speakers.