Leaders Should Celebrate Small Wins
A leaders role is to inspire and help their team recognize the small wins that might come during projects. I have found it helpful to actually “create” small wins for the team. Here’s what I mean. Let’s call this C.O.S.T.T. which means that we can “create on-going short term tangible” positive results for the team. When we’re in the trenches doing our day to day activities, we tend to not even recognize those little things that could be celebrated. Some ideas could be a deadline that is met ahead of schedule, a sale that may not have been the big one, but a sale that could be that the team could be proud of, or even a new team member who made a significant contribution to the team. I always try to think of and recognize those wins, no matter how small and celebrate them. This could simply be a pat on the back, taking someone out for coffee, putting ‘congratulations’ in the company newsletter, etc. Everyone wants and needs wins along the way, even small ones. Recognition keeps motivation high!
