As a manager, it is important to be able to initiate your own flow state and equally as important to recognize and facilitate the abilities of the people on your team to initiate their flow states. To do this requires your attention and the ability to observe objectively. Learn about your people at an individual level. What are their individual goals? What are their hopes and dreams? What are they afraid of? Ask yourself how each person fits into the scheme of things you have to achieve in your role as leader. Does that person need help? Would he or she be better served in another role? What are his or her strengths and weaknesses on the team? What does he or she love to do? Find a place on the team or in the organization where he or she can do what he or she loves. If that person is doing what he or she loves to do, he or she will be less likely to leave the organization, and will take joy in doing his or her best for the team.
Deliberately introduce variation...