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#TEAMS365 #2120 - Weekly Round Up

10/20/2019

This week’s quote is all about focused doing. It comes from Thomas Edison who wrote:
“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”

What are you noticing right now about your workflow? As we continue to explore the topic of remote work this month, time management, boundaries and focus are key themes in the background.

Given the pace of business today, it’s likely that you don’t read this blog every day, so each Sunday I curate the weekly posts I’ve shared. Enjoy!

This week we explored a number of key areas including:

Enjoy your Sunday!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.

#TEAMS365 #2119 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 72

10/19/2019

It’s Saturday which means that it’s time for another Weekly Journaling Prompt. This week’s question gets you to consider the question “I want to celebrate”.

As we step into the last part of the year, and this decade, I hope that you’ll find this week’s WJP a great opportunity to take stock of what your achievements have been this year, as well a some of the past years. It can be easy for our memories to fade so as we step into a new decade would it be useful to explore your achievements each year.

Here are some questions to consider:

What major projects have you been engaged with this year/decade?
What were the major accomplishments during these initiatives?
What are you able to do toady that you could not do at the start of the year? At the start of this decade?
What are the key lessons learned or “Ahas” you have had as you have progressed with your career?

Enjoy your reflections this week!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.

#TEAMS365 #2113 – Weekly Round Up

10/13/2019

This week’s weekly round-up gets us to look back at the blog posts this week.

On Monday, in Effective Virtual Conversation Tip 114 we explored mentoring. Read it here
On Tuesday we explored Performance Reviews and Conversations in the remote space. Read it here.
On Wednesday, we debunked the Remote Myth– “They’ll Understand” – We may need to over communicate in different ways. Read it here.
Thursday’s Team Building Tip got us to consider the Devil’s Advocate perspective around key issue. Read it here.
Friday’s Flashback Friday took us back to at Teams365 2017 post on Remote Team Mistakes. Read it here.
Saturday’s Weekly Journaling post explored the question “____ Is Enough For Me”. Read it here.

What is important for you to note?

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.

#TEAMS365 #2112 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 71

10/12/2019

This week’s Journaling Prompt invites you consider “ ______ is enough for me”. In today’s world of mega-upsizing, and a mantra of “more is better” where do you have enough?

What are the areas where you feel complete or satiated?

As in other weeks, I hope that this week’s post gets you thinking about new perspectives around your work and life.

If you are eager to add on a few more questions, randomly here are some from the past year:

Weekly Journaling Prompt #2 – What’s important right now? Read it here.
Weekly Journaling Prompt #14: In the Next 24 hours… Read it here.
Weekly Journaling Prompt #31 – Our/my most important contribution is.. Read it here.

Enjoy your reflection!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.

#TEAMS365 #2106 - Sunday Weekly Round Up

10/6/2019

Welcome back to the Sunday Weekly Round Up. As we step into the final quarter of the year, I wanted to include a couple of posts that also get you thinking about what is still outstanding for you to complete this year.

Be sure to check out the following posts:

Saturday’s Weekly Journaling Prompt 70 – What do you want to make sure you complete by year end? Read it here.
Friday’s Flashback post which explores Empathy and Connection in Remote Teams. Read it here.
Thursday’s Team Building Tip – What will keep you grounded? Is it time to revisit your values and beliefs to see how they can help you through all the changes? Read this week’s TBT here.
Wednesday’s post on Remote Work Pathways. Read it here.
Tuesday’s post continuing the remote work conversation. Read it here.
Monday's Effective Virtual Conversation Tip #113 on distractions. Read it here.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.

#TEAMS365 #2105 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 70

10/5/2019

It’s Saturday – yeah! What do you have planned this weekend?

Here at the Teams365 blog, I include a Weekly Journaling Prompt each weekend. I hope that you will find 5-10 minutes to reflect and possibly journal or think about this week’s prompt.

This week’s prompt is “Activities I want to make sure I complete before ___ are…”

As we step into a new quarter and the last three months of the year, it’s a great time to take stock of what is still outstanding.

What are the things you want to complete this month?

Before the end of the year?

If you haven’t taken a look at your annual plan for a while, now is a great time to do so. What’s still outstanding? What’s complete?

This week I hope that you will find some time to reflect on these questions.

Best wishes,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.

#TEAMS365 #2099 – Weekly Round Up and Preparing for Q4 Planning

9/29/2019

It’s Sunday which means that it’s time for a weekly roundup. A quick reminder of this week’s posts –

We are just about to step into Q4 with Quarter 3 just behind us. Given that it is a Sunday, it is a great opportunity to do a quick review and roundup of quarterly planning.

Questions you will want to reflect on are:

What were your key goals for Q3?
What did you achieve?
What needs to be wrapped up in the next few days?
What goals/projects/tasks need to be carried forward?
What do you want to focus on for Q4?

If you have not seen the quarterly planning session I recorded earlier this year, grab a pen and about 30 minutes to work through the video and related prompts here.

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.

#TEAMS365 #2098 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 69

9/28/2019

It’s Saturday which means that it’s time for another Weekly Journaling Prompt. Each week I share a different question which I hope will provoke and prompt some new ideas for you.

This week’s question is “My favorite time of day is…”

Take a few minutes today to capture your thoughts around your favorite time of day.

Why is it your favorite time of day?

What do you do?

What are the special events of that time of the day?

Capture some photos, sounds or images of your favorite time of day to make a collage as a reminder.

Best,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.

#TEAMS365 #2092 – Week in Review: Remote and Virtual Work Systems, Boundaries, and Distractions

9/22/2019

This week we have continued our focus on remote work pitfalls and the usual weekly columns of Effective Virtual Conversation tips, Weekly Journaling Prompts and Team Building Tips.

If you’ve missed a couple of posts, here is what I covered this week:

Best,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.

#TEAMS365 #2091 – Weekly Journaling Prompt 68

9/21/2019

It is Saturday which means that it is time for another weekly journaling prompt. If you are new to this, check out the past posts I have shared. I hope that you will build in 10-15 minutes this weekend to grab your journal and take some notes.

This week’s prompt gets you to think about, and journal on the question, “My favorite place is…”.

Where do you love to be?
What’s so special about it?
What does it provide for you?
What’s so special about this place?
What is possible for you in this place?
When you are not there, what do you have to remind yourself of?
What can you do to spend more time there in the future?
What could you incorporate more of from this place, into your regular everyday experience?

Enjoy your reflections,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Leadership | Teamwork | Business Success
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), PlanDoTrack (2019) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join the conversation at the Conversation Sparker Zone - our online community where you can explore virtual and team issues, coaching, productivity and business development.
Pick up a copy of Volume 1 of the Weekly Journaling Prompts in a digital format. Print it out and take it with you for some inspiration and writing on the go! Available at the Potentials Realized Store.
For those looking for tips, tools and ideas about remote work and support for your remote teams, be sure to check out these tags and resources.