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Teams365 #2982 - Month End Planning

2/28/2022

Can you believe it’s already the end of February? One-sixth through the year already.

Here are a few questions to get you started thinking about what’s important for you…

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 _______

Looking ahead to March....

My priorities are:

My goals are

I want to......

I'll be really happy at the end of March when I.....

The one thing that’s important to get completed by the end of this quarter is….

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

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Teams365 #2981 - Week in Review and Inquiry

2/27/2022

Thanks for joining us this week here at the Teams365 blog. This week we covered a lot of ground around onboarding including

Saturday’s post around the Weekly Journaling Prompt of What’s going to help you thrive

Friday’s post with the flashback to Teams365 #627 – Six leadership questions for onboarding new team members

Thursday’s focus on The Remote Pathways Podcast Episode #54 – Thriving Long Term in the Remote Space

Wednesday’s focus on What some of the research says about great work

Tuesday’s focus on Six Key Productivity areas to keep an eye on with your work in the remote space

Monday’s focus on Working with a Mentor (not only during onboarding but at all stages!)

Enjoy the rest of your 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.

Teams365 #2980 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 180: What’s Going to Help You Thrive?

2/26/2022

This week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt gets you to consider the question: What’s going to help you thrive?

Enjoy your reflection, and if you haven’t listened to it yet, check out episode 54 of the Remote Pathways podcast.

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 #2979 - Flashback – Six Leadership Questions a Day Onboarding

2/25/2022

Back in the 2nd year of the Teams365 blog I did a regular series of 6 Leadership Questions a day. These in fact influenced the team questions you will find in Reconnecting Workspaces.

I thought it would be interesting to go back and see what I had written in the series around onboarding, and here’s what I found as some questions for leaders to consider with respect to onboarding:

This week's 6 Leadership Questions explores the topic on-boarding new team members. These are six potential questions you can use to spark dialogue and discussion.

1 What does the person need in order to get up to speed quickly?
2. Who are key members the person needs to meet?
3. What are the top 5 things they need to know?
4. What expectations do I need to clarify?
5. What are the key processes they need to master?
6. What are their top 3-5 goals (individual/organizational and team)?

What other questions do you want to make a practice of incorporating into some of the initial 1-1s with new staff members? For more on onboarding, Check out these past blog posts.

Check out that original Teams365 post from 2015 at https://www.potentialsrealized.com/teams-365-blog/teams365-627-6-leadership-questions-onboarding-new-team-members

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 #2978 - Remote Pathways Podcast: Thriving Long Term with Remote Work

2/24/2022

Episode 54 of the Remote Pathways podcast focuses on Thriving Long-Term with Remote Work. When we are in for the long haul, it can be important to rename how we approach our work.

Check out Episode 54 of the Remote Pathways podcast at https://www.remotepathways.com/podcast/ep-54-thriving-long-term-in-remote-work

In this episode we explore:

The benefits of establishing rhythms and routines
The importance of boundaries around your time
The appreciation that leaders are increasingly supporting and investing in their teams
What role vision and motivation play in the long-term
Expanding on those little moments that matter and bring you joy

Question of the Week:
What rhythms and routines do you have established?

Follow our Podcast

Check out the episode: Remote Pathways Podcast Episode 54: Thriving Long-term in Remote Work - REMOTE PATHWAYS

Enjoy listening!
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 #2977 - What the Research Says: Getting Onboarding Right

2/23/2022

Chapter 12 of Reconnecting Workspaces starts out with a quote from Jim Collins, who studied companies that went from “good to great,” sustaining their company performance through the ups and downs of many turbulent economic and political eras.

In that research, Collins identified a number of factors which lead to sustained greatness, what is commonly referenced as, “you need to get the right people, on the right bus, in the right seat.”

How does your team leverage the best of people?

What do you notice about getting the right fit for a new job?

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 #2976 - Productivity in the Remote Space – Six Key Areas to Explore from PlanDoTrack

2/22/2022

In 2019 I released PlanDoTrack, a workbook planner for virtual and remote professionals. I host a sister block over at PlanDoTrack.com which hosts many posts around productivity in the remote space. Here’s what I highlighted as six core areas for remote work early last year.

Consider how each of these could support you:

Daily Focus: Creating traction is a key part of exceptional work. IT’s the little steps which add up, and stack up, which I frame as “Daily Steps + Consistent Action = Momentum” in the Coaching Business Builder and PlanDoTrack Resources.

Develop a routine that works for you – From being aware of our circadian rhythms (when we are at our best) to creating boundaries in our work, what is the routine which will work best for you?

Spend time planning and reflecting. The book is called PlanDoTrack for a reason – it’s a three stage process. We need to plan, then get into action and then reflect on what’s working and what’s not in order to track. What is your natural inclination in terms of where you spend your time. Is it PLANNING? DOING? TRACKING?

Which focus is really needed in your business this year?

With best wishes,
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 #2975 - Mentoring as Part of Onboarding 90 Day Guide for Success Excerpt

2/21/2022

On October 1st, 2021 I released the 90-Day Guide For Success book. It’s a guide to support people over the 90-day period of onboarding, or reboarding in the remote and hybrid space.

What readers enjoy is the consistent daily focus on an area of importance for their work.

One area I wanted to pull from today is one of our most important relationships when working virtually, which is working with a mentor.

Here’s what I shared about working with a mentor:

At all stages of our careers, mentoring is an important activity for remote work success. Mentors are able to provide a birds-eye view of their work, usually via their stories. This is critical for remote work, as we know that the best remote workers have seen best practices modeled by others. Historically, mentoring has involved the more junior person being mentored by a senior person.
Today reverse mentoring is becoming even more popular and focuses on having the mentee or protégé also sharing their insights. Mentoring is a reciprocal relationship, with both parties receiving some value from the relationship.

Working with a mentor can have multiple benefits, including:
• Helping you understand the unspoken currents in an industry or organization.
• Helping you diplomatically navigate the hidden political currents in an organization or industry.
• Helping you navigate through opportunities.
• Helping you focus and explore alternative angles around current challenges.
• Bringing a historical piece of the puzzle.
• Benefiting from someone else’s experience.
• Shedding light on trends and what is happening “under the waterline” of work.
• Opening the door to new ideas, resources, and/or networks.
• Receiving insights/perspectives from someone who has been there already.

Given how fast the business context is changing today, one note of caution: It can be valuable not to compare your experience to anyone else’s. Mentoring provides you with the mentor’s perspective; and their truth, perspectives, and experience may be very different from yours.

(Excerpt: 90-Day Guide for Success, Britton, ©2021, All Rights Reserved)

Consider who you would like to have as a mentor as you move forward with your work right now. Even seasoned professionals can benefit from a mentoring relationship!

Enjoy the 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 #2974 - Week in Review

2/20/2022

Welcome back to a week in review. This week we started digging into Chapter 12 of Reconnecting Workspaces and the chapter on onboarding. For new employees, the first 90 days of their work experience can be critical. What are you doing to set them up for success?

This week we explored these topics related to creating a powerful onboarding experience:

Saturday’s Weekly Journaling Prompt around “What’s going to help you be successful in your work, right now?”

Friday’s Flashback to Building Onto the Skills of New Virtual Team Members (from Effective Virtual Conversations)

Thursday’s 90-Day onboarding checklist

Wednesday’s Remote and Hybrid Myth around will you sink or swim?

Tuesday’s Reconnecting the Workspace Tip and excerpt around Onboarding

Monday’s kick-off to this chapter around onboarding.

What is important to note about your work right now?

Enjoy the rest of your 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.

Teams365 #2973 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 179: What’s Going To Help You Be Successful In Your Work Right Now?

2/19/2022

I hope you have enjoyed this week’s posts around onboarding, a critical success component for remote work. As I explore in my latest book, 90-Day Guide for Success, the first 90 days of a new remote or hybrid worker are essential.

For this week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt, let’s explore the question “What’s going to help you be successful in your work right now?”

The 90-Day Guide is not just applicable for new remote workers, rather it can be of value to people at all stages of their remote work career. We can all benefit from a new focus around our own work success, especially if we focus on boosting our skills and habits over a 90 day period. This is where the new 90-Day Guide for Success is well known for being embraced by people at both the onboarding process, and reboarding process, where people can benefit from a 90-day focus.

Enjoy the reflection around today’s Weekly Journaling Prompt.

What’s the one thing that’s going to help you be successful?

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.