Ten tips to motivate your team

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The concept of team motivation often conjures up images of cheesy team building activities.

However, simple techniques that don’t cost money or take up time could inspire your staff. Maria Merricks asks Rosie Garwood of Reflection Consulting and Piya Khanna of Change to Succeed for their tips on motivating staff.   1. Get the team together “Many managers make the mistake of talking to their people, not with them,” said Piya Khanna, a change expert at Change to Succeed. “It is vitally important to listen to what your staff actually wants.” An effective way of doing this is with regular team meetings but many firms dumped these when time became an issue and targets wer...

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