If you are tasked with the great responsibility of leading a tax team, it is important to remember your team will feed off the energy that emanates from the top. When you are leading an organization, those under you will feel your energy and attitude towards your team. You can manage a team by staying in your office or you can manage your team by engaging with them frequently in positive interactions. This article provides three ideas to successfully manage, motivate and inspire your tax team members to higher levels of production and success. There was an experience learned early on in developing my management skills that taught me a valuable lesson in motivating our team. Someone who reported to me early on in my career told me how much they appreciated the inspirational quotes I sent out to staff during the week. It was only during a review process that I learned how impactful the inspiration and motivational quotes sent to my team members contributed to their positive attitude and overall success. During an annual review, one individual expressed in writing how much they appreciated the inspirational quotes I would send out in team communications. They communicated to me in writing how they were struggling privately with a deeply personal situation. This person told me they looked forward to the inspirational quotes I would often send out to team members. They said the quotes I sent them got them through some of their most challenging days. Another person on my team shared that by sending them the motivational quotes, it made them feel I was thinking about them in a positive way.

This experience taught me a valuable lesson about managing people. We often are unaware of what is happening in the lives of those we manage. Little did I know at the time, small acts of kindness like sending an inspirational quote to a team member would have such an impact on their mindset. The impact of these small motivational quotes communicated in writing was stronger than I ever imagined. It was a lesson I was fortunate to learn early in managing people. You must consistently feed your people positive energy to get positive results.
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The only reason this information was discovered was the result of having a bi-annual review process with my team members. I would share my thoughts on their performance and ask team members to share their thoughts on their performance and role on the team. This review process uncovered valuable information which also helped me support team members to meet their professional goals. These reviews are valuable because they assist us in connecting in more positive, powerful, and productive ways with our team. If you fail to ask your team how they feel about their job, you fail in management. Ask your individual team members about the work they are doing for your company> Discover what they love to do and what work they would like to hand off to someone else. This act alone will show them you care to ask them about how they feel about their responsibilities in your organization. People have a lot of their self-worth tied into their job. Understand how they feel about their overall contributions to the organization, and you will increase staff retention.

Another valuable tax management strategy is having a Monday morning group meeting with all team members to discuss the top projects each person is working on that week. This is a wonderful opportunity to coordinate priorities since priorities are constantly changing in a tax organization. If there are challenges in getting the work done, you will discover the challenges during a Monday morning huddle on what everyone is working on and contributing for the week. Make the time to engage meaningfully with your team and watch them soar to successful completion on projects.

God Speed,
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