Here are some questions to check your morale DNA:

Belonging

• Do you make a big deal of new employees?

• Do you show them around and introduce them to all the team members?

• Do you make sure they have their workspace ready to go?

• Do you have some objects that let them know they are one of the tribe? (Yes, a branded coffee cup of their own can count here)

Meaning

• Do you help employees connect with the bigger picture?

• Do employees know what you care about, why you do what you do, and how what they do fits in to the bigger cause?

• Do you measure and showcase the impact you’ve had on your clients and make sure everyone knows about it?

Gaming

• How is the ‘game’ of your work?

• What rules are you playing by?

• Are they clear and agreed?

• Or are there some outdated rules that are clunky?

• What systems create friction rather than flow?

• Frustration instead of fun?

• How do you know if you’re winning the game of work?

• Is progress visible and meaningful?

• What prize do you get when you ‘win’ at work?

• How often do you celebrate wins and winning?

Cleaning up the game of work is a very pragmatic way to boost morale. Just make things easier, simpler, and more fun.

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