1. Think Big: Help your team remember why they are together. As you face day-to-day task of getting work done, reason for all effort often gets lost. In order to keep a team motivated, it is crucial that you have a higher purpose behind what you are doing. A leader must remind team members that together, they are moving toward this grand vision. If captain of ship does not seem concerned about where they are headed, why will crew?

2. Think Small: Every interaction is either a deposit or a withdrawal. As important as Big Picture is, it will mean little if team shows little value to one another on a regular basis. As leader, you must model importance of valuing each other in daily interactions. Last-minute deadlines often interrupt common courtesies - however, those times provide even more reason to acknowledge each other when you have an opportunity. Bob will not be inspired by your vision if you don't even say hello when you see him in halls.

3. Drive Fun Bus: It is easy to stay connected when you are having fun! Not to say that you need to sharpen your stand-up comedy act, but be prepared to inject some fun into team. High performing teams can burn out by focusing too much on producing. When you throw some fun into mix, team is able to recharge their batteries and keep going. A great way to add some fun is to do a relevant team building activity and discussion during your next meeting.

Once working and focused in tune with what they do best, your people are freed up to deliver their very best performances. They encourage others to work to their strengths too. Thus, each is far more effective. By recognising this in each other, there is another benefit. Everyone realises value that differences can bring to team, business or organisation. And that is valued - people work together much more freely.

So, by challenging each other to be honest about what others can do better than they can, all benefit. Everyone is enabled to deliver what they do best, and by elevating them to work together, bond grows as each values performances where they work best.

In their excellent book, “Now Discover Your Strengths”, Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman explore hugely value-creating process which many organisations have embodied in their culture, by enabling individuals to do what they do best, more of time.