LABORATORY MANAGEMENT

KEEPING YOUR TEAM MOTIVATED

•MOTIVATION CANNOT BE PRESCRIBED OR ENFORCED, ONLY ENABLED, AND IT DOESN’T COME EASILY. 

HOW DO WE MOTIVATE OUR PEOPLE AND KEEP THEM MOTIVATED TO DO MORE?

THERE ARE 5 THINGS ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE.

1.POSITIVE AFFECT IS CONTAGIOUS.

-  BEING UPBEAT AND POSITIVE IS A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR MOTIVATING OTHERS. 

2. BE A MOTIVATIONAL ROLE MODEL. 

- A GOOD LEADER WOULD NEVER ASK A FOLLOWER TO DO MORE THAN HE OR SHE IS WILLING TO DO.

3. FOCUS ON THE SHARED MISSION.

- MANY PEOPLE LOSE MOTIVATION BECAUSE THEY FORGET ABOUT THE PURPOSE.

4. SET CHALLENGING GOALS.

- THE ACRONYM IS TO SET SMART GOALS: SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ATTAINABLE, RELEVANT, AND TIME-BOUND. 

5.CELEBRATE SMALL WINS. 

- BREAKING DOWN A LARGE TASK INTO SMALLER, MEASURABLE STEPS AND CELEBRATING THE ATTAINMENT OF EACH STEP OR LEVEL.

EACH PERSON IN YOUR TEAM IS UNIQUE, AND THEY ARE ALL MOTIVATED TO SUCCEED BY DIFFERENT THINGS.