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TEAMS365 #2558 – Year End Stock Taking

12/31/2020

2020 has been a year of many things unexpected. It’s been an opportunity to change and grow and involved tons of learning for everyone who had to pivot or double down on their work. As we go to wrap up the year, I want to wish you and your loved ones all the best for a new year!

Here are several questions I hope you will find useful as you go to undertake your year end stock taking:

1. What's been your biggest success for you this year?
2. What are you most proud of accomplishing?
3. What were your greatest results?
4. What habits have you cultivated?
5. What routines ground you?
6. What changes do you want to make as you step into the new year?
7. What three adjectives sum up the year for you?
8. What were key relationships instrumental to your success and experience this year?
9. What has been your biggest, and most important, learning this year?
10. Looking ahead, what are your key goals? What will wild success look like?
11. What do you want to make sure you keep doing in the new year? What do you want to stop doing?
12. What do you want to acknowledge yourself for?
13. What and how will you celebrate the successes of this year?

See you in 2021!
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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Phone: (416)996-8326

TEAMS365 #2553 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 134

12/26/2020

As we go to wrap up the last Weekly Journaling Prompt of 2020, you are invited to consider the prompt “This year I….”.

What are the things you:

Were proud of?
Accomplished?
Learned?
Beat or Banished?
Embraced?
Focused on?
Were grateful for?

Enjoy your weekend reflections and it’s been a pleasure to bring you these Weekly Journaling Prompts for 2020!

All the best,
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 #2552 – Happy Holidays!

12/25/2020

Wishing you and your loved ones a very wonderful holiday season!

Thank you for joining us throughout the year for the focus on all things virtual and remote leadership, teamwork and conversations.

We look forward to continuing to serve as a resource for you.

Enjoy your day!
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

TEAMS354 #2546 – Weekly Journaling Prompt #133

12/19/2020

This year’s Weekly Journaling Prompt gets you to consider the question ‘This time next year, I hope….”

2020 has been a year of unexpected changes, the need to adapt and pivot, and certainly a lot of learning. Whether we were touched personally with health issues, job loss, a chance in livelihood, everyone on the planet has gone through a shared experience.

While things remain uncertain, the ability to cultivate hope, and a view to the future is important.

Today’s weekly journaling prompt gets you to think about the prompt “This time next year I hope …”

I hope that this invites you to pause, breathe and create…

Enjoy,
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 #2539 – Weekly Journaling Prompt #133

12/12/2020

Welcome back to another weekend! This week’s prompt is …”This time, next year I hope….”

I hope that this will invite you to do a little dreaming and visioning. For some, it’s harder to do that this year. At the same time, the power of vision is key in helping us move forward. As I have shared in the blog already this year, having a strong vision can pull us forward. It can be the thing which is helping us to move swiftly with your work. What are the elements which are going to help you focus even more?

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

TEAMS365 #2532 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 132: In Retrospect

12/5/2020

“The goal of retrospectives is help teams to continuously improve their way of working.”
― Ben Linders, Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives - A Toolbox of Retrospective Exercises

Welcome back to another Saturday blog post, this one focusing on the journaling prompt “In Retrospect”. It is time to take a look back …at the year? At a key project? At a relationship?

Retrospects can be important way to build in learning from an activity. What are you doing to create pause points after your major tasks and activities?

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

TEAMS365 #2525 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 131

11/28/2020

With the Thanksgiving celebrations just completed (or maybe even moving into the weekend) it’s a great reminder to take time to say thanks and celebrate all those things you have accomplished and have occurred. While 2020 is likely to have had significant impact on all of us, from relationships, to health issues, business to lifestyle impact, what do you want to celebrate?

As we start to move towards the end of the year, spend a bit of time thinking about, and taking stock of what you want to celebrate – your accomplishments and your achievements.

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

TEAMS365 #2511 – weekly Journaling Prompt 129

11/14/2020

Welcome back to another Weekly Journaling Prompt. While it’s not quite the end of the year, it’s about that time to start building in time for reflection and preparation for the new year. This week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt is “My learning has been….”

I imagine this year has been ripe with learning. What have been those learning moments? The experience of learning? The triggering factors which led to learning? How you’ve put learning into practice, again, and again, and again…

I hope that you enjoy this week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt!

All the best,
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 #2504 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 128

11/7/2020

Today’s journaling prompt gets you to consider the question “Elements which are key are…”

One of the themes I have as an anchor this fall is “Distill down to the core”. In remote work, most things are about simplification. It is about getting crystalized into what are the key elements.

This week you are invited to reflect on, and journal around, the question “Elements which are key are….”

What are the core elements?

This weekly journaling prompt flows well with an earlier post this week around Personal Branding. As you write out your key elements (for you, or a project) think about how that can influence the brand.

Enjoy your reflection and exploration around today’s question!

With best wishes,
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 #2500 - Motivation in the Remote Space

11/3/2020

Motivation is a key topic for remote workers to focus on in the remote space. What motivates one person, may not motivate another.

With the shift to remote working arrangements where we need to rely more on ourselves to get out of a dip in motivation or other elements, what are the things that are going to help you become more motivated?

In my work as a coach I like to share a model I call the CLAIMS framework of motivation. We are motivated by elements including:

C - Community – Many professionals want to be part of a bigger whole. This is particularly important when we work remotely. Some motivational models call this belonging or affiliation. In remote work, as it relates to community it is about relationship development, communication and developing a strong team culture.
L - Learning – Ongoing learning is critical for success within the remote workspace, particularly as teams today are fluid and ever changing. Think about the team elements which are all about ongoing learning – concepts like TEAMING, AGILE, etc. What are the different ways you want to learn? Contribute?
A - Autonomy – Remote work is not short on autonomy. Autonomy means having the independence to do our work in a way, time and structure set by us. It’s reliant on high trust and giving people the choice and flexibility to get things done. It’s also reliant on clear communication, systems, practices, goals, roles and other elements which are core for high performance. When clarity exists, remote workers can focus in on what’s important.
I - Impact – What’s the impact you want to make? As a remote worker our impact is often measured through our output (what results we get). Don’t’ forget that it can also be measured through the influence we have over others and how we build a sense of community and team.
M - Monetary – For some money and other benefits may be a significant driver. How are you supporting people in this area? What has happened to the compensation piece and perks since moving to remote work?
S - Status – What is our role? What is our position? Are we seen as the go-to person around problem solving? Are we acknowledged for what we bring to the team? Learn more about status and think about how this fits into work in the remote space.

Beyond these six areas there are several other areas which are a key part of remote work success.

As you consider your work, what’s important to note?

All the best,
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