Six ways to motivate your team to kick start the New Year

Jaya Gali
6 min readJan 6, 2020

It’s the beginning of a New Year and your team is back at work after an extended holiday. As expected, many of them will find it difficult to get into the rhythm of things after being just back from a laid relaxing vacation. So, how are you going to help your team ease into the work routine? What approaches are you going to take to inspire and motivate them to deliver their best?

“And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that never were.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

Help knock out those Monday blues

To help ease into the work schedule, kick off the New Year with an All-hands meeting with the entire team.

Start off the meeting with a warm-up game allowing folks to share one thing they loved on their holiday and one thing they missed being away from work. This will give them a chance to share while also offering them the opportunity to start thinking of work projects that need to be on their radar.

Next, dive into the annual goals and get into quarter specific objectives. Make the expectations for the team clear and promote the discussion to drive strong…

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