Involve people in Goal-Setting

Work together to agree on specific goals that are moderately challenging for individuals and the team.

"How to Motivate Your Employees" in Fox Business Small Business Center (2011).

http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/sbc/2012/05/10/how-to-motivate-your-employees/

Create an Autonomy Audit

Ask staff how you/they can increase their autonomy with regard to task, time or technique. Make an agreement around how long you will try this and clarify what you expect as a result.

Halvorson, Heidi Grant (2011). "How to Give Employees a Sense of Autonomy" in Forbeswoman.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/heidigranthalvorson/2011/09/15/how-to-give-employees-a-sense-of-autonomy-when-you-are-really-calling-the-shots/

Build in Peer-to-Peer Feedback

Create a way for peers to give each other “on the spot” rewards for high engagement performance.

<http://www.terryberry.com>. Programs/informal-recognition/give-a-wow-social-recognition-platform.

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Give staff 4 hours/month or 1 day every 2 months to work on new ideas/projects followed by group presentations with feedback.

Pink, Daniel (2011). Drive. Riverhead Books.

http://www.danpink.com/2011/07/how-to-deliver-innovation-overnight/