As a business owner or manager, you want to get the best out of your people. Communication is the key to truly inspiring your team. Inspirational communicators tend to have an inherent appeal that motivates people. So how can you be a bit more inspirational when you are communicating with your team?

 

1. Connect With Your Team

Take the time to understand the issues faced by your team and demonstrate that you, as their manager, can help them make the right decisions to overcome those challenges. Get involved with more day-to-day tasks in your business and try not to stay locked away in an office.  It is important that you interact with your team and build relationships with them, as when you communicate with them they will know that you have a good knowledge and understanding of day-to-day life in the business rather than just “management issues”.

 

2. Don’t Hide Behind Technology

If you really want to inspire your team, don’t just send them an email. Equally, don’t stand up at the top of the room and use a PowerPoint. Instead, create an opportunity to speak with them in a relaxed environment. Maybe go out for lunch or even go for a drink after work on a Friday.

 

3. Suggest Ways to Help Your Team to Succeed

If you want to inspire your team, share your own experiences.  Tell them about challenges you faced and how you overcame them.  This also gives you, as a manager, the opportunity to bond with your team, to show them a more human side.  Take the time to compare your story to the challenges faced by your team.  Explain how the solutions you used to overcome challenges can be used by your team.

 

4. Focus on a Vision

When you are communicating with your staff, share not only the company’s vision but also your own vision for the company. Let them know what management is trying to achieve, where the company is going and how the management team is trying to get there.