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Teams365 #3260: Teams365 Video – Bridging the Team and Group Coaching Superpowers with the Hybrid Work Styles

12/7/2022

Last week in my most recent TEDx Talk, Coaching Teams Through Chaos, I brought us back to the Hybrid Work Styles, five styles that can be found on teams everywhere, in person, virtually and hybrid.

We know for teams to excel that they can benefit from harnessing the diverse capability and strengths of many.

Consider your team. Who on the team is a BUILDER, and likes to get things done? Who is an INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENTER, and likes to experiment, learn and iterate? Who is a CULTURE WIZARD, paying attention to the way we do things on the team, creating strong team identity and a sense of belonging? Are you a CONNECTOR, forming a bridge across the team? Or are you the VISIONARY, focusing on the horizon of what’s possible and where the team can go?

See how these five styles (which I expand to six in my TEDx talk!) merge to connect with the styles of a coach – Spiral Lighthouse, Grounded Labyrinth, Ecosystem, Catalytic and Creative Tool Master.

Enjoy this video where I bridge the Work Styles with the Coaching Superpowers.

If you enjoy this framework, take a deeper dive in with these two five-week virtual learning events:

Coaching Diverse Teams using the Work Styles (14 CCEs with ICF) –

Activating Your Group and Team Coaching Superpowers (14 CCEs with ICF) -

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #3259: 90 Day Guide for Success in Focus: When Teams Get Stuck

12/6/2022

I’m always pleased when I get an email from readers saying how much they enjoy one of my books. This fall, many leaders and team members have reached out to indicate how much they have been enjoying the daily journey of the 90-Day Guide for Success. If you haven’t picked up a copy of this, check it out on AMAZON.

Originally written as a guide for onboarding remote and hybrid workers, it’s being used by teams and individuals of all kinds – those who are starting a new role, as well as those wanting an accelerator or focus to their work.
Starting this month I’ll be doing one or two blog posts around this lesser known book, to raise the visibility of it. The book is framed around the WHAT? So WHAT? Now WHAT?

Here’s a quick excerpt of questions to consider when teams get stuck:

Teams also can get stuck. When this happens, it can be useful to bring people back to the main page and help them focus:
• What is our purpose?
• What are we all committed to?
• What happens when we don’t do it?
• What happens when we do?
• What is the collaborative payoff?
• What happens when we focus?
• What are we able to deliver when we are on point?

(Excerpt: 90-Day Guide for Success, page 214, Jennifer Britton, All Rights Reserved)

What’s getting your team stuck?

Enjoy the reflection!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #3258: Video of the Week – Strengths in Focus: Virtually

12/5/2022

This past year I’ve been doing a lot of work around strengths - where it’s been part of Team Days where we use the StengthsFinder to explore team capability or whether teams are integrating our Hybrid Work Styles, or coaches exploring the Coaching Superpowers.

In a world of ongoing change and disruption it can be critical to lean into what we are good at, especially if time is a challenge (which it often is).

I’m taking us back to a video I did in early April 2020, which looked at Strengths in Focus: Virtually.

Given the continued preference for work flexibility in many spaces where teams are working hybrid, it’s important to think about what you are doing to leverage your strengths.

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #3257: Week in Review

12/4/2022

Welcome back to another Sunday post and the week in review. This week we’ve taken a look at

Monday- Video in Focus: 2023 Vision Session

Tuesday– Clarifying Expectations

Wednesday– Month End Reflection and Month Ahead Planning

Thursday– Who We Are as a Team

Friday– Flashback Friday – TEDx Talk – Virtual, Remote and Hybrid Checklist

Saturday- Weekly Journaling Prompt- What’s Going to Supercharge your New Year

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams 365 #3256: Weekly Journaling Prompt- What's Going to Supercharge Your New Year

12/3/2022

Today’s prompt gets you thinking about, and journaling on, “What’s going to supercharge your New Year”?

As we move into the last month of the year, it is a popular time to explore what’s possible in the New Year. Have you taken time to do your 2023 vision work? If not, join me for a 30 minute series of reflective prompts to support you in creating your vision.

Enjoy your reflection!
Jennifer

Enjoy your reflection!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #3255: Flashback Friday – TEDx Talk – Virtual, Remote and Hybrid Checklist

12/2/2022

It was such a wonderful experience to deliver a TEDx talk live yesterday. This was my second TEDx talk, with my first one being delivered to a virtual audience in August 2021. My first TEDx talk was on the Virtual, Remote and Hybrid Checklist.

If you haven’t viewed it, check it out here!

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #3254: Who We Are as a Team

12/1/2022

Who we are as a team can be as important as what we do. This is the focus on the relationship and styles part of team development. It’s also part of the TEDx talk I am giving on Team Coaching today. More on that to come!

I thought it would be valuable to reach back to a past post we did on team styles:
What I consider to be one of the most exciting parts of team leadership can also be the most challenging. What this is is the diversity of personalities, and styles that exist on a team.

What is the impact of different styles in your team around:

how people want to be supported,
how conflict is managed,
how you need to adapt your style
preferences for communication (email/text/face to face)
the amount of information people receive when taking on a new task
the amount of supervision people want (daily check-ins versus a more hands-off approach)

So much of this is influenced by our style preferences.

One of the tools I use extensively with leaders and their teams is the Everything DiSC suite of products. Whether I am working with a newly forming team or a team who needs to work more effectively, learning more about our styles and how that intersects with others is invaluable.

What do you notice about your team styles?
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #3253: Month End Reflection and Month Ahead Planning

11/30/2022

What were my major achievements this month?
What do I want to celebrate?
As I consider my goals (and resolutions) I made at the start of the year, how am I doing with these on a scale of 1-10? Which ones are becoming new habits or something I can check off?
Which ones need to be let go of?
As a leader, what have I noticed about my team this month?
As a leader, what notes should I make about performance issues (if I haven't done it already!)
The thing that has helped me be most productive this month has been ______
The thing that has helped me be most successful this month has been ______
The thing that has helped me be happiest this month has been ________
The thing that has helped me be most healthy has been _______

Wrapping up the year strong:

The one thing I really want to complete this year is…
I want to make sure I have time for….
One carry forward task for the new year will be…
I’m learning that…
Key projects/tasks I started/completed/will continue…
Critical success factors were:
Key relationships I leaned into were:
What I need to carry forward to the next quarter is…
One thing I want to continue doing to ensure my success next year is…

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #3252: Clarifying expectations

11/29/2022

Clarifying expectations is critical to success in any workspace. What are you doing to clarify expectations as a team?

Here are some of the expectations I highlighted in an earlier Teams365 blog post:

This week’s Team Building Tip is a “Remote Work Enabler”. Throughout the upcoming weeks I’ll be including a number of special items to keep in mind to help your remote team THRIVE, not just SURVIVE!

The first remote work enabler I wanted to point to was that of expectation. In a remote team, we may be part of multiple matrix relationships, which makes it even more important for us to be clear on our expectations about HOW THINGS ARE DONE.

Teams can benefit from taking time to create a WAYS OF WORKING, or Team Agreements about how they will operate together.

What are the team expectations around?:
·         Showing up for meetings
·         Focus at meetings
·         Being prepared
·         Being punctual
·         Quality of work
·         Surfacing issues
·         Addressing difficult conversations
·         How you interact with each other
·         Share information
·         Connect with others outside of the organization
·         Participate in ongoing learning

Each one of these could spark a conversation around multiple factors.

When expectations are not clear we run the risk of doing things differently, having varied output, and most importantly, creating assumptions that might not be founded. These can have the most detrimental impact in the long run.
As a team, what do expectations do you want to make clear?

Enjoy your conversation!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #3251: Video in Focus: 2023 Vision Session

11/28/2022

Have you taken time to work on your 2023 vision? Join me for a 30 minute series of reflective prompts to support you in creating your vision in this week’s video of the week!

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Coaches, join us this month for one of our Tuesday at 12 noon ET community calls.

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.