Leadership in Action: Morale Victories: How Leaders Can Build Positive Energy

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Good leaders are always anticipating. When trying to build morale, pride, and spirit, leaders must consider anything that could keep the process from realizing its full potential. Then they need to react appropriately:

• When trying to build morale, pride, and spirit in an existing team, negative team dynamics and dysfunctions may have to be dealt with first. These can be addressed by improving communication and relationships among team members.

• Some of the current team members may not be open to the initiative. They may want to remain detached. They may think the morale-building process is impractical, simplistic, unsophisticated, idealistic, an invasion of their privacy, or a waste of time. Some may have a wait-and-see attitude. ...