Boosting Staff Morale: Move That Bus!
Years ago, when the show Extreme Home Makeover came out, there was a phrase they would say at the end, right before they revealed the completely renovated home.
MOVE THAT BUS!
Everyone would shout, the entire community, onlookers, family members, you name it, they would all shout and then the family would be presented with a brand new home to fulfill their greatest desires. The show had some issues and was eventually canceled, but there have been plenty of days that I think many of us would willingly have a bus parked in front of our homes if when the bus moved all of our problems went away with it.
But this is not realty TV.
A few weeks ago, one of the members of my mastermind group was given a copy of The Energy Bus by her coach. It looked like a cute book, and when I checked it out on Audible, it was only a couple hours long, which is my sweet spot for audiobooks, so I gave it a listen. Really simple listen, but some great points. It meets my standard for a simple PLC book study too.
I love it when things work out without me even planning it.
When I asked the members of my online community what topics that they would like me to cover in our free training for the month of January, the topic that came up was, staff morale.
Totally understandable of course, even before the storming of Capitol Hill, most of us were beyond spent after 8+ months of a pandemic, e-learning, social distancing, emotional isolation, financial strain, political drama, family conflicts and more, there’s plenty of reasons for us to have low morale. Increasing stress and uncertainty tends to have an adverse impact on our mindset and outlook.
Boosting staff morale isn’t just an education problem right now. Because of so many changes spilling over from 2020 there are lots of people talking about what can be done about this declining morale and for good reason. I shared this image during the training as I described how powerful our energy really is.
Low morale can impact everything from employee retention to student achievement so it’s worth at least a little effort.
Later this week, I’ll walk through my approach to moving the bus, the energy bus that is, during a LIVE lunch and learn session. This will give you a great overview of the book in case you want to use it for a lesson for your staff. FYI, there is a student version of the book as well.
There are plenty of resources available to help you invite others onto the energy bus with you, including TheEnergyBus.com and The Heart Math Institute website.
Check out the recording of my training below.