Have you tried getting everyone excited?

Its time you did. You won't be disappointed.

Excitement in primary care might not be easy to find. The default position for many is stuck worrying about the here and now, wasting too much time firefighting, and losing time waiting for someone else to tell you what to do. There is nothing exciting to be found in that.

The truth is people and businesses perform better when they have something to be excited about. So get yourself excited, and give your team something to be excited about.

🎇 Go for a goal that makes you gasp.

If you say you're going to achieve something exciting that has real meaning, people will be energised and rally around it.

🎇 Change the narrative.

Start talking positive and talking up the team and opportunities, ditch the pessimism and negativity, and get others to do the same.

🎇 Break the Rules.

Give the team permission to challenge the accepted and normal, solve problems and create something that works better.

🎇 Test and Experiment.

Change from planning endlessly to testing immediately. You can't get and don't need perfect. You'll achieve far more by constantly and quickly testing ideas, gathering insights, finding what works and keep iterating.

🎇 Chase the wins.

Shout about things the practice has achieved recently, don’t let them be missed, and ask, what’s next? You want to create a culture where success is seen as real, immediate, and worth chasing.

Creating and being excited isn’t blind optimism—it’s actually a leadership strength, which can reap real benefits.

Motivation increases. - when people are excited, they’re more likely to go the extra mile and be proactive.

Momentum is infectious - when a team feels they’re succeeding rather than just enduring, energy builds naturally.

Innovation thrives – excitement often leads to curiosity and openness; key ingredients for innovation and problem-solving.

🎇 You could wait forever, but it's better to make things happen and start getting excited and now