Pump up the jam!: tips and tricks to motivate you and your staff

ABSTRACT

Do you find it difficult to keep your staff motivated, engaged, and communicating with each other? Do you find it difficult to keep yourself pumped up to take on another day?

I am fortunate to love my job, but there are still many days when I dread going into the office. The hustle and bustle of daily activities in an IT world can be overwhelming. There is always a customer calling, a new service rolling out, or a request that needs to be handled in a timely manner. The reality is I couldn't get through the day without my staff. Therefore, I invest a lot of my time with my staff.

In this session I will share some ideas that others have shared with me and that I have found useful in getting me through the day. I will share the tips and tricks that have helped me communicate with my staff more effectively and efficiently while helping to motivate them and me to give another 10 percent every day. Overall, these ideas have helped me build a highly effective team.

This will be a high impact, interactive session filled with the things that have worked for me, and the lessons I have learned in implementing ideas that have failed.

Index Terms

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Management of computing and information systems

      • Project and people management