activating teams, when going through tough times!

Keeping engaged

Activating teams

Live to all situations

By Mallikarjuna Rajanandan

Keeping engaged

During lean seasons

Human resource has the tendency of going into hibernation after success or gap or after a bad patch

Team activation

❖ To stay connected with customers, keep human resource occupied with clear objective.

Team activation-objective

❖ Customer is the objective for activity

❖ Activity to equip team members

❖ Activity common to you and customer

❖ Activity to meet customer need first and then yours

❖ Activity to be owned by all

❖ Activity to be measurable

Team activation-Simple ideas

❖ Activity to equip team members- Train your field force with skill sets to demonstrate

❖ Train field force on latest trends with guests from Institutes

❖ Activity common to you and customer- know the current trending need of customer, organise activity with third party, if needed Ex: Business meet

❖ Activity to showcase new products or if no new products, go with new ideas

❖ Activity to meet customer at our location for brand recall

Team activation-benefits

❖ Training activities to to equip and build confidence to face customer

❖ Keeps teams engaged in activities to avoid solitary attitude of members- “Idle mind is a devil’s workshop”

❖ Information flow from market place to team

❖ Regain strength for the onslaught

Thank you

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