Author: Ray Zinn / Source: Lifehack
With the holidays upon us, businesses everywhere will slow or even come to a lumbering halt of eggnog induced inaction. This is good, and it is bad.
Foremost, it is good. Rare enough are the moments of the year when a general sense of compassion and congeniality prevail over nearly everyone.
Good tidings are, well, good. But slow-downs reverberate. Organizational slack in December may cause customer delivery problems in January, parts inventory whiplash in February and a cash crunch in March.Keeping employees motivated during the holidays is like trying to keep a starving person from thinking about food – the distractions are too powerful to ignore. Because of this, it can seem like a losing battle.
Micrel, a company I ran for 37 years, would shut down for two weeks between Christmas and the New Year. Micrel is not alone in this. So many employees travel during the holidays that having enough hands in the office from December 20th through January 2nd can be impossible.
But the holiday spirit starts on Thanksgiving, in later November (earlier if you are in the retail industry and have to wrestle oversized Santa Clause decorations in the back room before the turkey is even thawed). Keeping employees focused and active from then until the New Year is a battle, but a winnable one.
Here are some ways to motivate employees and keep them focused during the busy holiday season:
1. Remain Passionate About the Mission
If you have done well in identifying and communicating the corporate mission and making it an exciting adventure for all your employees, then this…
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