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#Teams365 #1327: Weekend Quote

8/19/2017

Today's weekend quote comes from Ken Kesey. I think fondly to many summer days spent as a university student reading Kesey's books, years ago. I must have read this and had it imprinted on my mind, as his quote of "Take what you can use and let the rest go by", has been a derivative of a saying I've used for many decades with groups and teams I have worked with.

Consider your current experiences. What is really useful? Where do you need to let things go?

Have a great weekend,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats.
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Phone: (416)996-8326

#Teams365 #1320: Weekend Quote - Creativity

8/12/2017

Today's weekend quote comes from Issac Bashevis Singer who wrote "Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression". As a writer, I have become more comfortable with being with this gap that is inevitably part of the creative process.

If you and your team are moving through a creative process you may want to reflect on these questions:
1. What is our vision for the end result of this process/project?
2. What is the expression looking like?
3. What's the gap?
4. What is uncomfortable for us?
5. What will help us continue to move and be creative?

Have a great Saturday,
Jennifer

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

My newest book - Effective Virtual Conversations - launched just a few weeks ago.

#TEams365 #1293: Sunday Quote on Silence

7/16/2017

Silence is the element in which great things fasten themselves together - Thomas Carlyle

I llove today's quote as it is truly reflective of some of the intentional space I try to cultivate in the work I do with teams, leaders, and also in my own professional practice. Many of us operate in a context where silence is at a premium or is non-existent. As Thomas Carlyle writes, it is an essential element for fusion, synthesis and connection.

Where are you able to create more moments of silence or what I call "pause points"?
What recent examples do you have where silence has allowed for new thinking, insights or action?
How much more silence would you like to bring into your week?

One of the lessons for me so far this summer post-surgery has been the importance of taking down the pace to do more strategic thinking and creative work. While it was not easy to even clear my calendar and took weeks of many long days, it's been worth it.

How can silence support you right now?

Have a great Sunday,
Jennifer

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

Connect with us to be the first to know more about launch events around my newest book - Effective Virtual Conversations - coming out later this month.

#Teams365 #1292: Weekend Quote - Boldness

7/15/2017

"Be bold - and mighty forces will come to your aid." - Basil King

Today's weekend quote from Basil King gets you thinking about being bold.

What does boldness look like or feel like for you?
What does being bold in your work look like?
What does being bold look like in your leadership?
What's possible if you are a little more bold in your work?
What would be the best outcome if you are more bold?

Have a great Saturday,
Jennifer

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

Connect with us to be the first to know more about launch events around my newest book - Effective Virtual Conversations - coming out later this month.

#Teams365 #1251: Sunday Quote

6/4/2017

Today's Sunday quote comes from Euripedes who wrote that "Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than passive process".

What can you do to make your learning experiences for the team, especially those that are virtual, more active rather than passive?

Consider:
Engagement breaks more frequently
More peer sharing
Having team members lead some of the training themselves

With 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

Connect with us to be the first to know more about launch events around my newest book - Effective Virtual Conversations - coming out mid-July.

#Teams365 #1244: Sunday Quote

5/28/2017

Today's quote comes from Maya Angelou who reminds us that people may forget what we say and do, but they will not forget how we make them feel. In today's business context relationships can be just as important as goals. Connections are essential for working through people. What is the culture you and your team or organization is creating? How do people feel?

Have a great Sunday,
Jennifer

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

Connect with us to be the first to know more about launch events around my newest book - Effective Virtual Conversations - coming out mid-July.

#Teams365 #1153: Sunday Quote - complexity and Simplicity

2/26/2017

Today's Sunday quote is one that I have lead by most of my life - either as a team leader, Program Director, Business Owner or Group and Team Coach: "Keep it simple. The complexity is in the group or team".

The strength of groups and teams is often its' diversity. In working with groups and teams it is important to remember to keep things simple - things like process, meetings, discussions, presentations. We often have a tendency to over-complicate and over-deliver.

This weekend consider the questions:
What do you need to keep simple?
Where is the complexity in your work right now?
How could the group or team you work with benefit from simplification?

Have a great weekend,
Jennifer

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

#Teams365 #1069: Sunday Teamwork Quote

12/4/2016

An old proverb says " A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle". A huge part of the value of teamwork lies in the collection of strengths. What do you notice about how your work is stronger in collaboration than apart? When does collaboration enhance or detract from your efforts?

With us moving into the last month of the year, how can you leverage the team capacity to achieve your most pressing business issues?

We're back tomorrow with E on the Teams365 Team Development Activity a-z series. You can check out a- d here.

Have a great weekend,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, MES, PCC, CPT
Potentials Realized - Leadership and Team Development, Coaching, Retreats
Author of Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (Jossey-Bass, 2013)
Email us to find out how we can support you and your team in getting your best results through coaching, training or a retreat program
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#Teams365 #1047; Saturday Quote

11/12/2016

AS Buddha wrote centuries ago "It's better to travel well than to arrive". Where are you noticing that the journey is richer than the destination?

Have a great weekend,
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

#Teams365 #1041: Sunday Teamwork Quote

11/6/2016

Today's Sunday teamwork quote comes from Louisa May Allcott - "It takes tow flints to make a fire".

What is possible on your team?

Have a great Sunday,
Jennifer