I’m a mid-level manager and I typically eschew the BS “motivation” or “inspirational” stuff managers do. The managers under me always send them Monday emails and morning emails and Friday emails with quotes and whatnot to staff. We are fully remote.
“I hope you feel invigorated today. I just walked my dog 3 miles and saw a bird eating a worm. I hope today you can catch that worm for yourself. You are amazing!”
Stuff like that. I just made that shit up right now but I could paste that into an email and they’d eat it up. Recently they’ve banded together to ask why I don’t respond to their emails because I’m their leader and they would like my support with their staff. I think it is silly and not motivating to their staff. They should just the themselves and that’s sufficient.
What do you all think? Are these things silly or worthwhile? Am I being a grumpy boss to my managers or are they being ridiculous with their inspiration?