Category: Mindset

#TEAMS365 #1754 – Weekend Journaling Prompt 20

10/20/2018

This week’s Journaling prompt gets you to reflect and write on the statement of “I am most looking forward to…”

Building in time each week to reflect ad write in an unstructured way helps to focus, clarify and sometimes even ease the mind.

The Huffington Post published an article last year by Thai Nguyen entitled “Ten surprising benefits you’ll get from keeping a journal” highlighting some of the benefits of journaling ranging from support to goals, mindfulness, emotional intelligence and others such as. Read the article here.

What do you see as the benefits from writing a journal?

For more than a decade as I lived and worked throughout Central and South America, working for the UN and several grassroots development organizations, I kept a regular daily journal. Journaling has always been an amazing tool for me to:

Capture ideas and events
Clarify thoughts and explore options
Identify themes in my work and life I may not have connected before
Help to identify and focus on priorities

If you have missed any of the past Saturday journaling prompts, view them here.

Enjoy your weekend,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Effective Virtual Conversations | Coaching Team Leaders
We provide team and leadership development support through coaching, consulting and training services
Author of several books including the 2018 Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner & Effective Virtual Conversations (2017)
Email: info@potentialsrealized.com
(416)996-8326

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#TEAMS365 #1705 - Weekly Journaling prompt #13

9/1/2018

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Welcome to a new month! This month here at the Teams blog I’ll be sharing a mixture of posts geared to get you set up for the back-to-work and school routines. Posts this month will include a focus on planning, organizing, goal setting and coaching. Let’s get started with the first blog post of the month – the weekly journaling prompt.

This week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt #13 gets you to think about the statement “The One Thing…”.
This question might take you in a variety of areas including:

What’s the one thing you are most proud of accomplishing this summer?
What is the one thing you are most grateful for?
What is the one thing you want to do before the end of the year?

If you are just joining us here at the Teams365 blog, take a look at past Weekly Journaling Prompts, which are published on Saturdays. They are an encouragement for you to grab a few minutes each week to stop, pause and reflection your work (and possibly life!). They are inspired by my latest publication – The Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner.

Enjoy your weekend,
Jennifer

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#TEAMS365 #1681 - Renewal: Has it been on your radar this summer?

8/8/2018

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Taking time in this last full month of summer for renewal and mindfulness can go a long way. Whether you have an extended long weekend or a full week off, renewal and mindfulness are important.

What renewal opportunities have you taken this summer? Is there an opportunity to fit in one more renewal burst?

The topic of renewal means many different things to different people. In my work as a coach, this is typically an area we explore together. For some clients it might mean – digitally detoxing – intentionally taking time offline to renew. For others it may mean getting out of the city and spending time in the country or more rural areas. For yet others it can include taking time to purge their own resources.

In today’s hyper-connected world, there may be some initial backlash and discomfort from slowing down…until you get a chance to ease into it. This is what I call the “Decompression” phase, something I experience every summer as I shift my office, and work, from Toronto to the beauty, and more laid-back pace, of Muskoka. This year I’ve been very conscious of the layers of decompression which have occurred. Sometimes uncomfortable, I have found myself more focused, relaxed and productive than I have been for years.

What does renewal mean for you?

Best wishes,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Effective Virtual Conversations | Coaching Team Leaders
We provide team and leadership development support through coaching, consulting and training services
Author of Effective Virtual Conversations (2017)
Coaches - check out my new Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner. Now available.
Email: info@potentialsrealized.com
(416)996-8326

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#TEams365 #1612: Team Building Tip #18

5/31/2018

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This week's Thursday Team Building Question #185 gets you to consider the question "What are the mindsets that are hindering the team?".

Mindsets are a culmination of behaviors, values, perspectives and ways of doing things. They can help us, and they can also get in the way.

What are the mindsets which are hindering the team? What are the things which are not supportive in the current context? What changes are needed?

Mindset shift is not an easy endeavor, and it closely linked to culture change. It will take time, and often starts with dialogue, awareness and a new narrative.

What are the things you can do as a team to shift your mindsets?

With best wishes,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats.
Author of From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (Jossey-Bass, 2013) and Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2009)
Follow us on Twitter @Teams365
Phone: (416)996-8326

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#Teams365 #1605: Team Building Question #184: Mindsets

5/24/2018

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This week's Teams365 Team Building Question gets you to think about what are the mindsets that are helping the team. A focus on mindsets have become part of the common discourse due to the writing of Carol Dweck, and her work on Fixed and Growth Mindsets.

If you haven't viewed her TedTalk - The Power of Believing You Can Improve, view it here.

If you'd like to read more about it, check out MindsetOnline.com

As a team discuss how your mindsets and beliefs are helping the team, and how they are hindering them. Does the team see themselves as active members, able to affect change, or are they passive recipients of what's happening "to them".

Enjoy this 184th team building question!

Best wishes,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats.
Follow us on Twitter @Teams365
Phone: (416)996-8326

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#TEAMS365 #1754 – Weekend Journaling Prompt 20

#TEAMS365 #1705 - Weekly Journaling prompt #13

#TEAMS365 #1681 - Renewal: Has it been on your radar this summer?

#TEams365 #1612: Team Building Tip #18

#Teams365 #1605: Team Building Question #184: Mindsets

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