Teams get jaded and wind down. Too many people at work indulge in something called “binge-thinking” and get out of their brains on away-days and brainstorms and events like that. Too many people simply work too hard, to the detriment of all.
Your role as team leader is to ensure the team gets fed the right diet. Take the team somewhere new, for just two hours, to stare, to be aware, and to get a buzz. I did this once to amazing effect by taking a team to the super food store – a cathedral of fresh food – Whole Foods Market in Kensington.
Some 80000 square feet of delicious fresh, free range, and organic food. It rebooted their brains. So get the team of which you are part to somewhere and something new. Energize people and amaze them.

Your team needs goals- Needs to measure how it’s doing

Teams are not just clubs – they are orgnizations of people designed to achieve goals. So focus obsessively on achieving results. Be a leader who is always driving for more. My constant theme throughout this book is the rejection of mediocrity and not accepting second rate as being good enough.
How many goals should you set? At any one time more than five with maybe three sub-goals under each primary goal is too many.
Plus you need a team strategy and mission too. Something that the team members really identify, as a rule I hate things like mission statements, which I regard as sanctimonious crap but in this situation you need one. Just make sure it’s written in plain English and is very short.
Decide what you stand for. Are you change masters or process engineers? Are you creative or cost-cutters? Decide and take a point of view. Decide on style as well as function-it matters.