Coaching practices for How to Inspire Team

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• My team does the work but they’re just going through the motions, and I can feel they don’t see why any of it matters
• My team just executes whatever I hand them and never pushes back or brings me a better idea
• I’m supposed to rally my team behind a directive I don’t actually understand or believe in myself, and they can feel the hollowness in how I deliver it
• I’m at my best when I’m getting a room aligned and fired up
• Everyone on my team is quietly playing for their own scoreboard

Practices that may help

1. Articulate a compelling vision of why the work matters
   Connect the team’s daily work to a meaningful purpose they can believe in.
   Transformational Leadership, Made Practical
2. Challenge assumptions and invite new thinking
   Actively encourage your team to question old ways and generate new approaches.
   Transformational Leadership, Made Practical
3. Believe — and make the why clear
   You cannot lead people toward a mission you do not understand or believe in yourself.
   Extreme Ownership, Made Practical
4. Lead from the influencing domain — take charge, speak up, make sure others are heard
   People strong in influencing sell the team’s ideas inside and outside the organization.
   Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
5. Align around collective results, not individual status
   Teams fail when members prioritize their own visibility or department’s success over the shared goal.
   The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Made Practical
6. Create safety for experimentation and honest challenge
   Make it safe to raise problems, test new ideas, and disagree — before expecting the team to transform.
   Transformational Leadership, Made Practical
7. Establish inclusion safety — belonging without conditions
   Make every team member feel valued and accepted as a human being before expecting performance.
   The Four Stages of Psychological Safety
8. Map your team’s genius coverage
   Check whether all six activities are covered by someone who finds them energizing.
   The 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni)
9. Model the values you expect (idealized influence)
   Become a living example of the values you want your team to hold.
   Transformational Leadership, Made Practical
10. Invite clients or reports to contribute insight to your approach
    Asking someone you lead for their input increases their investment in the outcome.
    The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical

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