5 Ways to Invigorate Your Team To Finish the Year Strong
5 Ways to Invigorate Your Team To Finish the Year Strong
BoomPop Team · 9/11/2024
As we coast into mid-September and colleagues return from much-needed travels, it’s the perfect time to rally the team to finish the year strong.
With those back-to-school vibes echoing throughout the lives of your team, this is the time to capitalize on the resurgence of energy and excellence —to get back to the basics of realigning on team goals and recentering team culture.
There are many ways to invigorate your colleagues on mission alignment, team-bonding, and finishing the year on a high note, so let’s discuss some that may work for your team.
Whether you are in a remote-first company or an in-person office, these tips will help your team get back into the business headspace with a new sense of drive.
Let’s dive in.
Re-establish Team Routines
Now is the perfect time to ease back into regular team routines. This is an opportunity to re-establish a cadence for full company all-hands, team meetings, and cross-departmental brainstorms. Like a spring clean, but for your calendars, it’s time to refresh.
A restful summer followed by a goal-driven end of the year is the perfect time to catalyze the creativity and drive residing in your coworkers.
Offer Professional Development Sessions
With everyone going back to school and a certain collegiate atmosphere brewing, what better time to provide workshops or seminars on professional growth topics than now?
What are your colleagues interested in learning about? Could you hire external professional development experts and offer sessions for team members to dive deeper into topics related to their role?
Host a Welcome-Back Gathering
With colleagues turning off their “OOO” and calendars looking a bit more free, now is the time to schedule something fun; like a virtual or in-person gathering. This is an opportunity for the team to share their summer stories, catch up, and ease back into their work routine.
You can prepare fun icebreaker questions to get everyone sharing their favorite summer moments. Casual get-togethers are the perfect way for colleagues to feel connected to their team without a work agenda in front of them. However, having icebreaker questions prepared ahead of time is great for those who need support in kicking off the conversation. Need ice-breaker suggestions? We have a range of options, check them out here.
Host a Q4 Kick-Off
Is now the time to schedule a Q4 kick-off? We think so! This is the perfect opportunity to harness the fresh minds of your colleagues and get everyone on the same page about company goals as the year comes to a close.
Consider making this a two-day virtual or in-person event mixed with training, team-building activities, informal discussions, AMAs with the founders, and of course, some fun icebreakers and games. A mix between a field day and a full-day meeting.
This will surely invigorate your team and have them crushing their OKRs before the end of Q4.
Plan a Fall Team Outing
A casual, out-of-the-office outing like a picnic, bowling, or a hike, can help employees transition from the summer mindset into the new fall season. Spending time together outside the office can boost morale and foster a sense of community.
Are your colleagues dispersed across the globe? What about an impromptu team retreat to collaborate and get on the same page in a new locale? Studies have shown that brainstorming and working with colleagues in a new environment stimulates creativity and creates new memories.
Now that would be a fresh way to get your team inspired :)
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