Surprising your coworkers can inspire others
If you hold a management position at work, it’s your job to motivate and inspire your team. It’s not enough to hold morning briefings and deliver the played-out “We can do it!” and “There’s no I in Team!” speech. If you want to inspire creativity, surprise your team.
Surprising the top performers with gifts or entire teams with impromptu parties can boost morale by a whopping 400%, according to some research. Cash bonuses are nice and all, but also showing appreciation for a job well done can really surprise a person and subliminally force them and others to work harder to receive praise.