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TEAMS365 #2259 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 89 – LOVE

3/7/2020

“Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is a quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through the good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.” -Ann Landers

Welcome back to another Saturday weekly journaling prompt. This week’s prompt is simply the word LOVE.

Like past weeks, I hope that this week’s prompt provides you with the space to explore ideas such as:

WHAT do you LOVE right now?
What are your passions?
If you were to create a top 10 list of the thins you LOVE this year, what would it include?
WHO do you LOVE?
How do you demonstrate LOVE?
What do you LOVE about your business and what you do every day?
If you run a business or lead a team, what do you LOVE?

I hope that you enjoy your reflections!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
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TEAMS365 #2191 – Thank You: Celebrating the end of year 6 at the Teams365 blog!

12/30/2019

As we go to wrap up the year, I wanted to take this opportunity to stay thanks for reading. When I began this experiment in hosting a daily blog ack on January 1st, 2014 I thought that it would run for perhaps one or two years. Here we are, six years later.

There have been several themes that have remained the same throughout my six years of writing here – the focus on teams, leadership and also the remote space. Those working in the remote space have mushroomed in recent years, and I hope that those of you who work remote continue to find this a useful resource.

The Teams365 series of programming has expanded widely in the last six years as well – from what used to be in-person training deliveries, today, most of the Teams365 work is delivered virtually to groups ad teams across industries. There are also on-demand programs (including a focus on feedback, and teamwork essentials) which you can take at your own pace.

The Teams365 brand has been joined by the Remote Pathways Podcast a short while ago. Highlighting the adventures of the Digital Dozen I’ll be exploring twelve different pathways to remote work today. I’m super excited to be co-hosting it with colleague Michelle Mullins, who also provides coaching and training support for remote professionals.

One of the Remote Pathways offerings you may want to explore in the new year includes our Team Days, geared for remote teams. Held virtually, these are a half-day to one-day programs delivered on Zoom for teams. Most teams call in from their usual location – and are amazed at how connected they become over the course of the day, and how clear they get in terms of the results they are all working towards. I hope that in 2020 we can provide your organization with Team Day support for your remote teams. Please contact me to set up a time to connect.

This year brought another 365 days of posts. Here’s where we went this year in year 6 of the blog:

Enjoy the conversation!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Writing
Phone (416)996-8326

As we step into the end of the year, get your planning on with the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner or Coaching Business Builder
Looking to enhance your virtual conversations? Webinars? Pick up a copy of Effective Virtual Conversations at Amazon.

Coaches - Join me January 1st as we kick off the 60 Day Acclerator of the Coaching Business Builder. 60 days of focused action on your coaching business.

TEAMS365 #2187 – Team Building Tip 268

12/26/2019

It’s Boxing Day here in Canada which used to be THE busiest day of shopping of the year, before Black Friday entered the scene here about a decade ago (we celebrate Thanksgiving in mid-October with the harvest, but most have widely embraced Black Friday!)

This week’s Team Building Tip gets you to think about:

WHAT you want to celebrate

And…

HOW you want to celebrate.

We don’t always slow down and take a moment to STOP and PAUSE and think about all the good things that we (individually and collectively) have accomplished.

While a pause doesn’t have to be for a long period, it can be useful to mark major milestones so that we see where our journeys are taking us.

Here’s an invitation for you today - I hope that you will take a few minutes today to mark down your key accomplishments this year and take a few minutes to share them with someone else. What’s possible for you now? If it’s hard to bring anything to mind, think about where you were a year ago. What’s different today? What’s shifted for you?

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Writing
Phone (416)996-8326

As we step into the end of the year, get your planning on with the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner or Coaching Business Builder
Looking to enhance your virtual conversations? Webinars? Pick up a copy of Effective Virtual Conversations at Amazon.

TEAMS365 #2186 – Season’s Greetings!

12/25/2019

It’s one of the few days of the year where most (but not all) people slow down and get to spend time with loved ones. If that’s what you are doing today, I hope that you will enjoy your time.

I’m very grateful that you’ve joined us here at the Teams365 blog this year. I look forward to continuing to bring you tips related to leadership, teamwork and remote work success!

Season’s Greetings!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Writing
Phone (416)996-8326

As we step into the end of the year, get your planning on with the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner or Coaching Business Builder
Looking to enhance your virtual conversations? Webinars? Pick up a copy of Effective Virtual Conversations at Amazon.

TEAMS365 #2176 – Week in Review

12/15/2019

It’s Sunday which means it’s time for another week in review. This year we’ve covered so many great topics here at the Teams365 blog from teams, to disruption, to the weekly series on Effective Virtual Conversations (Monday), Team Building Tips (Thursday) and Friday’s Flashback Friday.

If you missed some of the blog posts this week, take a look at:

Monday’s Effective Virtual Conversations Remote Team Tip. Read it here.
Tuesday’s 5 Ways to Jazz up your Conference Calls Next year. Read it here.
Wednesday’s How to Leverage Coaching and Mentoring During 2020. Read it here.
Thursday’s Team Building Tip – Pitfall Alert – Which also includes more than 20 pitfalls I found my team clients working around this year. Read i here.
Friday’s Flashback Friday – Key Trends: Navigating Disruption. Read it here.
Saturday’s Weekly Journaling Prompt – Today I am grateful for…. Read it here.

Best,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Writing
Phone (416)996-8326

As we step into the end of the year, get your planning on with the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner or Coaching Business Builder
Looking to enhance your virtual conversations? Webinars? Pick up a copy of Effective Virtual Conversations at Amazon.

TEAMS365 #2175 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 80

12/14/2019

This week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt gets you to undertake one of the positive psychology exercises we see as a happiness and well-being booster asking you to reflect on what you are grateful for. Positive psychology has a very well know daily practice called "the 3 things you are grateful for" where people are encouraged to reflect on, and write out 3 things they are grateful for.

Whether you do this once a week or on a daily basis, studies have found that getting into the habit of reflecting on, and articulating, what you are grateful for has impact on self-esteem, health (physiological, psychological) and relationships.

Read Amy Morin's 2014 article on 7 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Gratitude here.

Check out this White Paper on Gratitude from the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley - Download it here.

I hope that you will enjoy this week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt, and more importantly, find that it has longer term impact!

Enjoy your writing!
Jennifer'

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Writing
Phone (416)996-8326

As we step into the end of the year, get your planning on with the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner or Coaching Business Builder
Looking to enhance your virtual conversations? Webinars? Pick up a copy of Effective Virtual Conversations at Amazon.

TEAMS365 #2169 – Week in Review

12/8/2019

Welcome back to Sunday’s post! This week we’ve explored a number of different posts including:

Saturday’s Weekly Journaling prompt getting you to do a review of this last year and think about what your favorite memories have been. Read it here.
Friday’s Flashback Friday focusing on expectations. Read it here.
Thursday’s Team Building Tip getting you to explore or revisit communication. Read it here.
Wednesday’s post with 4 Areas of Team Focus for 2020. Read it here.
Tuesday’s focus for key topics and conversations for teams this year. Read it here.
Monday’s post on Team Practices for the remote space. Read it here.

Have a great rest of the weekend!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Writing
Phone (416)996-8326

As we step into the end of the year, get your planning on with the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner or Coaching Business Builder
Looking to enhance your virtual conversations? Webinars? Pick up a copy of Effective Virtual Conversations at Amazon.

TEAMS365 #2168 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 79: Favorite Memories

12/7/2019

Welcome to our next Weekly Journaling Prompt #79 in the series which focuses in on the question- “One of my favorite memories this year has been….”.

As you reflect back across the year, what stands out? What have been the highlights of the year for you?

Enjoy your reflections!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Writing
Phone (416)996-8326

As we step into the end of the year, get your planning on with the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner or Coaching Business Builder
Looking to enhance your virtual conversations? Webinars? Pick up a copy of Effective Virtual Conversations at Amazon.

TEAMS365 #2162: Welcome to December & Week in Review

12/1/2019

Happy December 1st. Just a few weeks to go before the end of the year and end of the decade. What do you want to focus on in 2020?

This month our focus will be on taking a look back at some of the highlights of the year. I’ll include a focus on Top 10s, Review and Themes of the Year, along with a wrap up of remote items.

Let’s take a look back at this week first:

Yesterday’s Weekly Journaling Prompt 78. Read it here.
Friday’s Flashback Friday, getting projects over the finish line. Read it here.
Thursday’s Team Building Tip with the Remote Work Prompt. Read it here.
Wednesday’s focus on Saying Thanks! Read it here.
Tuesday’s focus on Preparing for your 2020 Vision. Read it here.
Monday’s focus on more tips for designing an engaging virtual conversation. Read it here.

Enjoy your weekend and hopefully time with family and loved ones!

Best wishes,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Writing
Phone (416)996-8326

As we step into the end of the year, get your planning on with the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner or Coaching Business Builder
Looking to enhance your virtual conversations? Webinars? Pick up a copy of Effective Virtual Conversations at Amazon.

TEAMS365 #2158 – Saying Thanks!

11/27/2019

Tomorrow many readers will be celebrating Thanksgiving and it’s an important time of year to pause and say thanks. As I’ve shared in other blog posts, getting into the habit of gratitude can have multiple health impacts. There are a few articles which do a great job referencing the many benefits of gratitude including:

7 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Gratitude by Amy Morin. In this article Amy references that gratitude plays a role in improving Self Esteem. A 2014 study published in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology found that gratitude “Enhanced athlete’s self-esteem”.
Releasing dopamine, one of the feel-good chemicals. When we undertake acts of kindness, and practice gratitude, dopamine is released. (from the Health Benefits of Gratitude: 6 Scientifically Proven Ways of Being Grateful Rewires Your Brain + Body for Health)
Check out Happier Human’s post on the 31 Benefits of Gratitude. It’s a great read.

What are the things you are grateful for this year?

Here are some additional questions to get you thinking about gratitude this week:

Who do you want to thank?
What do you want to share with them in terms of what their impact was?

On a personal level, I’d like to thank you for following us here at Potentials Realized. As a virtual business, I appreciate the many comments and shares you provide both virtually and with teams you work with. I’ve enjoyed the daily practice of bringing you content around teamwork and leadership. There is a treasure-trove of content here for you to dig into as we go to wrap up the 6th year of blog posts.

I look forward to continuing the conversation into 2020 – I’m working on a number of ways to help you tap into the body of work that I’ve created here since 2014.

Don’t forget to also check out the new Remote Pathways Podcast I am co-hosting with Michelle Mullins. It's just been going live this week and and focuses on connecting you to the People, Places and Pathways of today’s remote work context. We touch on tips, ideas and resources for a variety of remote workers - from project managers, to remotepreneurs, to virtual team leaders, and those moving to a remote work space. Do check us out at RemotePathways.com.

Best,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders | Remote Pathways Podcast
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Writing
Phone (416)996-8326

As we step into the end of the year, get your planning on with the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner or Coaching Business Builder
Looking to enhance your virtual conversations? Webinars? Pick up a copy of Effective Virtual Conversations at Amazon.