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Teams365 #2848 - Week in Review

10/17/2021

That’s a wrap for Chapter 7 and our focus on Systems, Processes and Tools. This past week we explored the following:

Saturday’s Wrap-up and Weekly Journaling Prompt (inspired by Halloween)

Friday’s Flashback

Thursday’s Six Leadership Questions

Wednesday’s Systems for Consistency and Connection

Tuesdays’ Brain tip around the Social Brain

Monday’s In Focus- The Urgent/Important Matrix

What else is important to explore right now?

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
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_britton_virtual_remote_and_hybrid_checklist_aug_2021

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new books, Reconnecting Workspaces and 90-Day Guide for Success: Pathways to Thrive in the Virtual, Remote, and Hybrid World at Amazon.

Teams365 #2844 - Systems for Consistency and Connection

10/13/2021

RECONNECTING THE WORKSPACE TIP—SYSTEMS

Right now (and really, when you think about it, at all times), systems can be critical for consistency and connection. Think about your communication systems which help you connect, or your IT which helps you share information. What about the systems and automations which ensure consistency. What’s in place?

Here’s what I wrote about Systems for Consistency and Connection at the end of Chapter 7. Enjoy!

Systems ensure consistency in the hybrid and remote world so that we can be location independent. What systems are going to help people reconnect and collaborate with each other?

Systems bring fluidity regardless of what time or day we are working on it, or where we are engaging on it from. Systems range from customer service to communication, onboarding, administration to marketing. What are the systems which are going to create consistency and connection across your organization?

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
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_britton_virtual_remote_and_hybrid_checklist_aug_2021

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new books, Reconnecting Workspaces and 90-Day Guide for Success: Pathways to Thrive in the Virtual, Remote, and Hybrid World at Amazon.

Teams365 #2800 - In Focus or Metaphor- Triad of Trust, Safety and Connection

8/30/2021

Happy Monday!

The Metaphor of Chapter 5 is the triangle. This chapter of Reconnecting Workspaces focuses on the triad of Trust, Safety and Connection. All three need to be present for exceptional performance in the virtual, remote and hybrid words.

Where does the triad show up for you? What’s important to note?

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

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 #2798 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 164: What Does Connection Mean to Me?

8/28/2021

Welcome back to another Saturday prompt. This week’s prompt is all about “What does connection mean to me?”.

Herman Melville wrote: ““We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.”
― Herman Melville (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/connection)

Connection has been the focus of this week’s blog posts, including our post on Thursday and Monday. Be sure to check them out!

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 at https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_britton_virtual_remote_and_hybrid_checklist_aug_2021

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 #2794 - Principle – Chapter 5 – Triad of Trust, Safety and Connection

8/24/2021

Today we’re exploring Chapter 5’s principle around virtual, remote and hybrid work. Here’s what I share in Reconnecting Workspaces:

“Principle: It’s reciprocal. As Newton’s Law states, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Trust, safety, and connection are reciprocal. As Stephen Covey wrote, “Trust begets trust.” (Chapter 5 Principle, Reconnecting Workspaces, Jennifer Britton, 2021).

As Kendra Cherry writes in her article, “Reciprocity is a process of exchanging things with other people in order to gain a mutual benefit. The norm of reciprocity, sometimes referred to as the rule of reciprocity, is a social norm where if someone does something for you, you then feel obligated to return the favor. “ – Source: Kendra Cherry, What is the Rule of Reciprocity https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-rule-of-reciprocity-2795891

What do you notice about reciprocity in your work right now?

What do you notice about reciprocity in your relationships right now?

What else is important to note about reciprocity?

Enjoy the conversation and 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

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 #2793 - Reconnecting the Workspace Tip- Creating Connection

8/23/2021

Happy Monday! This week we step into chapter 5 of Reconnecting Workspaces, exploring the Triad of Trust, Safety and Connection.

With that let’s take a look at the Reconnecting the Workspace Tip found at the end of Chapter 5. Here’s what I wrote:

RECONNECTING THE WORKSPACE TIP—CREATING CONNECTION
Reconnecting workspaces requires regular attention and focus. Dedicating time to build, and check in around trust, safety, and connection, is important. What time are you earmarking for regular check-ins?

Activities you may want to incorporate include:

• Time earmarked in the team for discussion about how the team is doing, not just business.

• Using breakouts where possible to move conversation to smaller, more intimate groups.

• Create peer learning partners to keep conversations flowing and boost connection.

Consider how you want to build connection on a community level. Building community in the virtual space involves creating a shared sense of purpose (Why are we here?), a common identity, along with a sense of belongingness (Do I belong here?), and safety (Do I feel safe and that I can contribute and will be respected?”

(Excerpt: Reconnecting Workspaces, page 99, © Jennifer Britton, 2021)

What are you doing to create connection?

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

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 #2756 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 160: Connection Means…

7/17/2021

Welcome back to another Weekly Journaling Prompt. This week’s WJP is “Connection Means….”

Connection means so many different things for different people. It has become apparent that “no person is an island” (as I shared in Wednesday’s post – www.potentialsrealized.com/teams-365-blog/teams365-2753-myth-i-can-do-it-all-alone).

As you think about today’s prompt you might consider:

Who are you connected with?

What does connection look like?

What does connection feel like?

Who do you want to connect with?

What ways do you want to boost connection?

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

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 #2734 - Flashback Friday – A Reminder of the Six Layers of Connection

6/25/2021

The virtual and remote work and business world appears flat but has multiple layers. It’s in these layers that we get to see the nuance and significance.

This past year as I’ve brought the Stand Out Virtually brand and programming out into the world, many I’ve spoken with have been intrigued by the notion of the Six Layers of Connection. Consider your most recent conversations and what helped you create connection. Likely it included connection to these five layers.

These of course, are beyond the first and most important layer, connection to themselves. Helping people connect the focus of the call with their WIIFM, or what’s in it for me is paramount for a great virtual experience. What are the elements which are important for you?

Connection to the Topic – First, what’s the connection with the topic. Why is it important to them? How does the topic have relevance in their life?

Connection to You – What is the connection with you the Leader or Facilitator of the Call.

Connection to Others on the call – Without a connection to others on the call the learning process may not go as deep as it could.

Connection to the Content – What is the connection to the content you are engaging in? What are those elements which are important to you?

Connection to the Platform - What is the elements of the platform (Zoom, Teams or other) which will help you in moving the call forward?

Connection to your Context – What are you doing to connect what you are leaning and talking about to the wider context? It’s key that we spend time focusing on the wider context, and not leave learning on the screen.

What is important for you to put a focus around?

Enjoy your 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 #2718 - 5 Connection Quotes

6/9/2021

I love quotes! Here are five quotes around connection that you will want to share with your team –

The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.
Dean Ornish

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected. William Plomer

“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.” ~ Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“When one tugs on a single thing in nature he finds it attached to the rest of the world” – John Muir

The real energy occurs in each connection between two people, which can bring about exponential returns. – Tom Rath

What’s your favorite connection quote? Share it with us in the comments.

Enjoy your 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

Teams365 #2704 - Quotes around connection

5/26/2021

This week we are focusing on quotes around connection. Connection is essential in the remote space. Here is a handful of great quotes to get your thinking moving. I will be diving into this with my next book which will be released in the next few weeks. Check it out here - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0993791557

The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food. Dean Ornish

“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.” ― Herman Melville

“Invisible threads are the strongest ties.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.”
― Brené Brown

"Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may again touch one another, again bounce away. This is the felt shape of a human life, neither simply linear nor wholly disjunctive nor endlessly bifurcating, but rather this bouncey-castle sequence of bumpings-into and tumblings-apart."
— Salman Rushdie (The Ground Beneath Her Feet)

"Go for a walk outdoors. Reconnect with the feeling of the wind blowing through your hair. Listen to the birds that live in a tree in your yard. Watch the sunset. Take time to smell the flowers that bloom in the park during the summer. The natural world is just as natural as it ever was, except there's less of it than there was twenty-five years ago - and most of us don't make a point of enjoying it often enough."
— Skye Alexander (The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells)

Connecting to another is one of the most important things in the world and you can keep expanding that connection - one person, a family, a community, a country, a society, a culture. - Eric Fischl

The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection. -Robin S. Sharma

Social connection is such a basic feature of human experience that when we are deprived of it, we suffer.

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