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Teams365 #2659 - Week in Review

4/11/2021

Welcome back to another Sunday post, and our week in review. Here’s where we went this week- check out the posts:

Saturday – Weekly Journaling Prompt #146 – If I had all the time in the world?

Friday’s Flashback - Remote Working Myth

Thursday’s Team Building Tip #286 – State of Trust

Wednesday’s Fostering Intrapreneurism

Tuesday’s - It’s not just about results, it’s also about relationships

Monday’s - Visual Anchor Points

Enjoy your reflections!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
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Teams365 #2658 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 146: If I Have All the Time in the World

4/10/2021

Welcome back to another Saturday Weekly Journaling Prompt. This week’s prompt gets you thinking about the question – If I had all the time in the world….

What would you do?

Who would you spend your time with?

Where would you be?

Who would you be?

What items would get crossed off your bucket list? Your to do list?

It’s an intriguing prompt, for a time in life known as the Attention Economy. Where what attention to is just as important as who.

Enjoy the prompt.
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326

Teams365 #2657 - Flashback Friday – Remote Working Myth – Boundaries are not important

4/9/2021

I’m reaching back today to a 2019 post which is just as important, if not more so, today than when I first wrote about this remote working myth – Boundaries Aren’t important. How do boundaries support you in your work? With what you get done?

Here’s what I wrote in Teams365 #2087 – REMOTE WORKING MYTH- BOUNDARIES AREN'T IMPORTANT, www.potentialsrealized.com/teams-365-blog/teams365-2087-remote-working-myth-boundaries-arent-important)

This month we are exploring a number of remote working myths including “Out of sight equals out of mind” as well as other remote work pitfalls.

Today’s post explores the myth that “Boundaries aren’t important” and that remote work is always flexible.

One of the main challenges of remote work is that we are usually pulled in a number of different directions by people who can’t see what we are working on. Not knowing the context can provide a lack of clarity around priorities and workflow. At the same time, we may also want to accommodate all requests and say yes, rather than discerning what is a priority.

On another level, boundaries can become blurred in our home/work life, especially if we are working from home and have not set up a dedicated area for work – be sure to check out my post from last month about “setting yourself up for success in the remote space” and making sure you have what you need.

Consider the different boundaries that are important in your work, this might include:

Boundaries between different tasks and projects you are working on
Boundaries between the different teams you are part of
Boundaries between your working hours and non-working hours
Boundaries between when you are ON and OFF
Boundaries between priorities
Boundaries between your work and home space

What do you notice as you explore these boundaries? What conversations do you want to have?
As you step into spring, what changes do you want to make?

Enjoy your reflections!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326

Teams365 #2656 - Team Building Tip 286 – What is the state of trust in your organization or team right now?

4/8/2021

What is the state of trust in your organization or team right now?

Trust is an essential element for teams, organizations, and communities. Without it, things break down. As I explored in Effective Virtual Conversations, my 2017 book, www.amazon.com/Effective-Virtual-Conversations-Engaging-Relationships/dp/0993791506/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=jennifer+britton&qid=1617593568&sr=8-2 in the virtual space, it’s not about trust, but it’s also connected to SAFETY, and Connection.

What are you doing in your organization to build connection across the teams and groups you are working with?

What are you doing to reconnect people after a year of remote work?

What are the behaviors which are being modelled?

Some great resources around this topic include

Covey’s The Speed of Trust

Reina and Reina’s Trust and Betrayal in Today’s Workplace

This week raise the conversation around how you are doing as a team around trust. It is reciprocal, and when we don’t address it, it’s like an elephant in the room.

What can you do to boost trust in your team right now?

Enjoy your reflections!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326

Fostering Intrapreneurism

4/7/2021

More than a decade ago when I was a Business Faculty Member at a post-secondary institution. I would teach courses around entrepreneurism, and leadership. One concept which always fascinated myself and students was that of intrapreneurism, injecting an entrepreneurial spirit, and fostering entrepreneurial practices in organizations. It’s never been more important to include this in organizations right now.

Here’s a quick description of intrapreneurism which I shared back in 2007 at the Biz Toolkit Blog –

The term intrapreneur is becoming more mainstream these days as many larger companies are looking to leverage the skills and strengths Intrapreneurs have to offer. Rubbermaid, 3M, and HP are all known for fostering an intrapreneurial climate.

The term Intrapreneur was first coined in the late 1970s, by husband and wife team, Gifford and Elizabeth Pinchot, while undertaking studies at the School for Entrepreneurs in Tarrytown, New York. Originally coined Intra-corporate entrepreneur, the term Intrapreneur evolved throughout the 1980s, being added to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (3rd Ed) in 1992.

An intrapreneur can be defined as:
"in-tra-pre-neur (In¹tre-pre-nur) n. A person within a large corporation who takes direct responsibility for turning an idea into a profitable finished product through assertive risk-taking and innovation [intra(corporate) + (ENTRE)PRENEUR.] -inftrapre-nouri-al adj. -intra-pre-neuri-al-ism n. -in'trapre-neuri-al-ly adv. (American Heritage Dictionary of The English Language, 3rd Edition).

Intrpreneurs exhibit certain characteristics in the work place namely:
* Risk taking
* Innovation

Many writers liken intrapreneurs to the corporate world, as entrepreneurs to the small business sector.

These ideas have led to offshoots of intrapreneurs in a range of sectors - ecopreneurs who work for environmental sustainability through the introduction of green technology, intrapreneurs in the governmental sector and many others.

If you'd like more information on intrapreneuring, please visit Pinchot and Company, https://www.pinchot.com/ and their site dedicated to Intrapreneuring http://intrapreneur.com/.

What would it be like if your company adopted more of an intrapreneurial spirit? What would be possible?”

Enjoy the reflection!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326

It’s not just about results – it’s also about relationships

4/6/2021

Strong business results in the remote and hybrid space is not just about setting better goals, accountability and tracking. It’s also about relationships. No person is an island, as I explored back in 2019 in one of my monthly community calls.

What can we do to build relationships within the remote and hybrid space

Be intentional – What relationships are important to build? Maintain? Amplify?
Who are you reaching out to – With algorithms and social media, it’s easy to get pulled into certain orbits of people. Who are you connecting with? What will expand your reach?

Have a purpose – Relationship development can take time, and shouldn’t be at the expense of getting things done. What is the reason you want to boost your relationships? Why do you want to spend time doing t his?

Build in time – What doesn’t get scheduled, doesn’t get done. How much time are you going to earmark for this?

Relationships are the essential element, or magic sauce, to making things work in the remote and hybrid world. What attention do you want to put around this right now?

Enjoy your reflections!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326

Teams365 #2653- Three Remote Pathways Podcast Episodes to Check Out

4/5/2021

Remote work is here to stay in one form or another when the world is ready, and able, to open up again.

When we launched the Remote Pathways podcast back in November 2019, we had no idea what was around the corner in terms of the number of people who would wind up working remotely during 2020. As an early adopter to remote and hybrid work across the last three decades of my career, I have known for a long time how powerful it can be, especially when we are able to be “Remote by Choice”

At the Remote Pathways podcast we are dedicated to exploring the people, pathways and processes of remote work. We’ve just released episode 34 in our bi-weekly series and are excited to bring you even more amazing guests in the coming months!

Be sure to check out these Remote Pathways Podcast recent episodes:

Episode 34 with Beth Buelow, How Do I Say This? podcaster and coach who speaks on remote work and virtual communication. Listen in here:

Episode 33 with Clark Jacobs, Co-Founder of Flex Desk who speaks on Working From Anywhere (yes folks, hopefully soon we will be able to enjoy the freedoms remote work can afford of working from anywhere – hold on a few more months)
- https://www.remotepathways.com/podcast/ep33-freedom-to-work-from-anywhere-guest-clark-jacobs-co-founder-ceo-of-flexdesk

Episode 32: Our Favorite Top 10 Tools to Get Things Done in the Remote Space
-https://www.remotepathways.com/podcast/ep32-top-10-tools-to-get-things-done-in-the-virtual-remote-hybrid-world. My co-host Michelle Mullins and I compiled our favorite things that help us thrive in terms of getting things done in the remote space.

Enjoy the conversations!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326

Teams365 #2652 - Week in Review

4/4/2021

Welcome back to this Sunday Week in Review.

This week we’ve transitioned out of Q 1 and moved into Q 2. We’ve also looked at a number of significant posts including:

Monday’s Stand Out Virtually Prompt

Tuesday’s A look at Buffer’s 2021 State of Remote Work report

Wednesday’s Focus on the End of Month and of Quarter Reflection

Thursday’s Team Building Tip #285 – What relationships are important

Friday’s Flashback Friday- Taking you through the last couple of months over at the Remote Pathways podcast.

Saturday’s Weekly Journaling Prompt #145 – My personal mantra

Enjoy your reflections!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326

Teams365 #2651 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 145: My personal Mantra

4/3/2021

Welcome back to the next Weekly Journaling Prompt #145 in the series. Today’s Weekly Journaling Prompt gets you to think about your mantra.

Mantras are statements that we repeat regularly. They can shape our behaviors and actions. For example, I may have a mantra of “going above and beyond” or “being of service”.

Mantras help us in making decisions and thinking about where we want to go. They also quickly communicate WHO we are to others.

What is important about your personal mantra?

Enjoy your reflections!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
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Teams365 #2650 - Flashback Friday – Remote Pathways Podcast

4/2/2021

This week’s Flashback Friday takes us over to taking stock of recent Remote Pathways podcast episodes you may want to check out including:

Episode 33 with Clark Jacobs, CEO of Flexdesk - https://www.remotepathways.com/podcast/ep33-freedom-to-work-from-anywhere-guest-clark-jacobs-co-founder-ceo-of-flexdesk

Episode 32 as we explore Top 10 Tools for Working Remotely (one year into the pandemic) – Listen in here - https://www.remotepathways.com/podcast/ep32-top-10-tools-to-get-things-done-in-the-virtual-remote-hybrid-world

Episode 31 with Lisa Hoashi exploring Opportunities - https://www.remotepathways.com/podcast/ep31-taking-stock-of-opportunities-guest-lisa-hoashi

Episode 30 – Power of Collaborating and Designing with Community:
https://www.remotepathways.com/podcast/ep30-the-power-of-collaborating-and-designing-with-community

Enjoy the listen!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326