Through the years I've had circumstances where the business, company or department device, or PMO was in doubt and I had to be imaginative and come up with methods to keep my group's morale high throughout these relatively down times. I look forward to your input as well as to exactly what has (and hasn't) worked for you in these circumstances, however for now right here are some points that you can do to boost your team’s morale.
Team group. Keeping employees and project group members in the dark - specifically when there are reports swirling around - is a really bad thing and can harm morale and develop turnover faster than simply about anything else. Get senior management to resolve your group. As essential as it is for you to resolve your group, it might likewise be needed for your senior management to attend to employees-- or your group particularly.
Your present clients are the ones who value you the most right now due to the fact that you're actively doing work for them. Look for brand-new requirements they may have or brand-new value you can include on-- and then come up with a proposition that you believe will certainly work for them. You might end up being the heroes of the whole company, however more notably you will certainly have instilled self-confidence in your group as to their-- and your-- capability to make things "occur" favorably even when there are sluggish times in the market.
I'm not typically a huge group celebration individual-- I'm more of a "let's do lunch" type individual, however taking off the afternoon and having an afternoon/evening drink celebration or celebration where individuals can loosen up and discuss their issues ... or go over absolutely nothing vital at al… can assist individuals unwind and link in sluggish times. Keeping the group carefully knit-- even when there isn't really much work to do-- is incredibly crucial.
It could be beyond your routine convenience zone to resolve these concerns-- I understand it's beyond mine. It's crucial to do something in order to make sure that your proficient and extremely imaginative resources do not jump ship or get too annoyed when there does not appear to be much work to do.
What have you or your company done when these conditions provide themselves? How do you keep employees on job, engaged ... and with the company ... when there isn't really much to do and they appear worried about when the other shoe is going to drop?