Where do you want your organization to be in 10 years? 

Goal planning in the age of 2020 can seem like a bigger struggle than in previous years. But knowing what you are looking to achieve is now more important than ever. Even if the steps you take to get there need to change, your end goal should be big enough and long term in nature such that changes in your day to day don’t shake your vision. The mid-point of the year can bring a loss of productivity, as motivation wanes during the summer months. But now is the perfect time to reevaluate your long term goals and plan out the steps needed, given all the changes going on in the world, that will help you get there.  

Look Back on Strategic Goal Planning 

A great way to remind your team of what they were hoping to achieve early on in the year is to look back at those goals you set in the early months of the year. Reprioritizing and reevaluating goals is a great way to get your team motivated again. If your original goals lack a step by step strategy to prepare and follow through on your commitment, now is the time to lay out the steps needed to achieve those goals by the end of the year. This is an important tool to help hold yourself accountable throughout the year in order to see a measurable difference in your actions and keep up the energy through the slower times of the year.  

Focus on Engagement 

Modern workers are more likely to look for opportunities where they feel better engaged at work. Millennials as a workforce want to be interested in the work they do. Ignoring this need will result in surprising rates of turnover, or significant drops in productivity.  But companies can truly benefit from offering a more structured and personalized career path, where employees can weigh in on the types of projects they are most interested in, and provide feedback on their experience as an employee. When they feel like they are valued on an individual level, the modern workforce can be a powerful and productive workforce, even through the summer holiday season.  

Consider Your Incentives 

To re-motivate your workforce, perhaps it’s time to take a hard look at your workplace incentives (both financial and otherwise). More and more employees are saying that they appreciate non-financial rewards as much and sometimes more than a year-end bonus or raise in salary. If you are unable to invest financially in your team, you should seriously consider what other options you have available to you, such as better benefits, more vacation time, morale events, small but personal gifts, or something else to show how much your company values your employees.   

Reinforce the Importance of What they Do 

Sometimes, just the reinforcement of the value that your team brings to the business can make a world of difference to a team’s motivation. Reinforcing the importance of what your workers bring to the table, the impact they’re having on the business, what they can offer in terms of their area of expertise, these things will help employees understand how important they are to the business, not just another cog in the machine. Sometimes all it takes is a heart to heart from their manager or from leadership with a focus on the long term vision and the importance of each and every employee to inspire their sense of motivation.  

For more advice on how to keep your organization on the right track to achieve your long term goals, connect with the records management experts at Happy Faces Records Management today. 

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