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#TEAMS365 #1803 FLASHBACKFRIDAY: What do You want to Tackle?

12/7/2018

This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us back to Teams365 Blog Post #1432. Read it here or below:

"This week's weekend quote comes from Winston Churchill who wrote "Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it". Is there a project you have been wanting to complete for a while but haven't found the time? Would an extra hour a day move that project forward?

This past month I participated in NANOWRIMO for the third year. It's National Writing Month and by getting up early (a little more than an hour earlier than my usual) I was able to get on paper a new book for virtual team leaders and team members. While many hours of editing lay ahead, to know that it's there to be molded is a great feeling, and one that will let me rest this holiday season. I've come to appreciate the "focused push" I create for myself in a limited time window, so that important projects get attention, and don't swamp every day. Last year's NANOWRIMO project was my latest book, Effective Virtual Conversations. So stay tuned in later 2018 for the new, new book!"

Flashforward to end of 2018...what's interesting is that I've just wrapped up NANOWRIMO for the 4th year in a row. While the manuscript from last year is still in draft form, it spurred on two other publications this year -
The Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner AND
The PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner

I have been enjoying taking professionals of all kinds through 4 hour virtual retreats, supporting them in creating a pause of plan, tackle important projects and consider how they want to track it going forward. Join us for an upcoming PlanDoTrack Retreat and learn more about them here.

What project would you like to move forward? When might be a good time to do a focused push on this?"

Best,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), Coaching Business Builder (2018) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Coming December 15, 2018 – PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner
Join us for a year-end virtual planning retreat!

#TEAMS365 #1801 - Productivity Hack #2

12/5/2018

Welcome back to the 2nd of 19 posts entitled 19 Productivity Hacks
Yesterday’s Productivity Hack #1 was to have a clear vision. Going hand in hand with this is knowing where you are getting your results. Since launching the Coaching Business builder workbook and planner in August, I’ve been hosting a series of month end reflection and planning sessions in a one-hour format. They are turning out to be a popular and focused way to create a pause real-time OR on-demand in a tight process. Learn more about these programs here (and join me for the end of December month end reflection session).

Productivity Hack #2 is about knowing clear of where you are getting your results.

This week it could be useful to do some stock taking of your year. Consider these questions:

What were your key successes this year?
What key learning did you undertake?
What were key relationships which helped you to do your work?
What accomplishments do you want to note?
What helped you with your work?
What metrics do you want to note?

Today I would invite you to grab a pen and notebook and take stock of your ideas. If you prefer to use a device, go ahead, AND note that things are retained differently when done by pen, rather than digitally. Put your reflections in a safe space so you can refer back to them at a future date.

Best,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton – Potentials Realized
Author of multiple books including Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), Coaching Business Builder (2018) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013)
Follow along with the #90DaysPlanDoTrack series over at Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Coming December 14, 2018 – PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner - Pre-order a copy today on Amazon
Join us for a year-end virtual planning retreat!

#TEAMS365 #1797 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 26

12/1/2018

Welcome to December! As we step into December and also the new year, we’ll be covering a range of productivity tips.

This week’s journaling prompt is “Our most effective team ritual/practice is…” If you are a solopreneur you can think about this in terms of your extended team (any VAs – Virtual Assistants, Graphic Designers, Finance professionals etc) you work with.

I hope that you'll grab a pen and some paper and take note of your replies to these questions.

Enjoy your reflections!

Best,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Effective Virtual Conversations | Coaching Team Leaders
Join Jennifer for a year-end virtual planning retreat in the PlanDoTrack Series!
Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
YouTube – Teams365 Leadership Channel
Email: info@potentialsrealized.com
(416)996-8326
Pre-order your copy of the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner for Virtual and Remote Professionals on Amazon

#TEAMS365 #1790 Weekly Journaling Prompt 25

11/24/2018

This week’s Weekly Journaling prompt gets you to think about the question “What will wild success look like?”
As you think about the next month, or the next year, what do you want to create? What will wild success look like?
If you had no barriers, what could you achieve?
Writing in an aspirational way about what we envision can be a powerful process. Don’t self-censure. Allow yourself the ability to dream big, and then let it go.
As I mentioned a few weeks ago in a speaking engagement, part of vision work is about letting things go. It’s about dreaming big, letting it go and trusting that what needs to happen will.
What WILL (not can) wild success look like for you?

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Effective Virtual Conversations | Coaching Team Leaders
Join Jennifer for a year-end virtual planning retreat in the PlanDoTrack Series!
Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
YouTube – Teams365 Leadership Channel
Email: info@potentialsrealized.com
(416)996-8326

#TEAMS365 #1776 – Weekly Journaling prompt 23

11/10/2018

This week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt brings us to #23 in the series. It’s the prompt, “What are three things you are grateful for?”.
This question comes from the positive psychology movement that found that people who asked themselves this question were happier.
Action for Happiness goes into a great description of some of the research and other supports, such as apps, that can support you with this gratitude practice. Check out their post here.
It’s a great time of the year to start developing the practice of thinking about, and also speaking to, what we are grateful for, letting those around us know what we are thankful for.
This week, build in some time to reflect regularly about the three things you are grateful for each day. You don’t have to do it every day, just a few times a week.

Enjoy!
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

#TEAMS365 #1766 - OCtober Month End Reflections and Planning for the Month ahead: November

10/31/2018

It’s the final day of October and time to take stock of the month that was.
Take note of these questions:

As you reflect on October, what have been your successes and accomplishments?
As you reflect on the last quarter, what have been your successes and accomplishments?
What are you most proud of?
What successes this month do you want to duplicate?
What top 3 learning have you head that you want to carry forward?
What key relationships have helped you so far this year? Which ones need more attention?
What has helped your successes?
What has hindered or gotten in the way?
What does your team need to be acknowledged for?

As you look to November, consider these questions:
What are your key priorities for November?
What are the key goals?
What are the major priorities?
What will you need to place attention on?
What changes do you want to make in November or this quarter?
What habits do you want to leverage?
When will you check in to explore your progress, and make changes?
What resources do you want to tap into?
Who can help you be successful this month?

Enjoy your reflections,
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

#TEAMS365 #1762 – Weekly journaling prompt 21

10/27/2018

This week’s journaling prompt is “our greatest opportunity is….”. Focusing on the positive and the opportunities is not always a key focus in organizations today. We are often quick to focus in on what doesn’t work. By focusing on what’s possible or opportunities, it has been shown that we activate a different part of the brain, “opening up” possibilities.
Given that we are now months into the weekly journaling prompts, it can be very useful to revisit and review what you have written already.
As you review your blog posts, what do you notice?
What are some of the core themes across posts?
What are some of the common elements or threads you are noticing?
If you haven’t been following along with the weekly journaling prompts, perhaps today is the day to start writing and capturing your ideas.

Enjoy!
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

#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

#TEAMS365 #1740 – Weekend Journaling Prompt 18

10/6/2018

We are at Weekend Journaling Prompt 18 and this week’s question gets you to reflect on “The opposite of our most important goals are….”. Note that it is plural, and not singular.

This week as you go to journal, use the power of contrast I write about earlier this week in my post for this week’s Team Building Tip, and using the IS/IS NOT Framework.

To do this, as a starting point, you may want to divide your page in two, labeling it IS on the left and Is NOT on the right.

Then, one by one, list out your most important goals, highlighting the opposite of this goal one at a time.

What do you notice about your goals and actions you are taking?

Is there anything in the IS NOT side which is actually what you are doing? If so, what changes do you want to make?

Enjoy the conversation…and the writing.

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 several books including Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner (2018) & Effective Virtual Conversations (2017)
Email: info@potentialsrealized.com
(416) 996-8326

#TEAMS365 #1734 – Month End Reflection

9/30/2018

It’s hard to believe that another month has gone by. Here we are at the end of September and it’s time to do our monthly stock taking and reflection.
If you do track your monthly goals and metrics, today is the day to do this!
Take note of these questions:

As you reflect on September, what have been your successes and accomplishments?
As you reflect on the last quarter, what have been your successes and accomplishments?
What are you most proud of?
What successes this month do you want to duplicate?
What top 3 learning have you head that you want to carry forward?
What key relationships have helped you so far this year? Which ones need more attention?
What has helped your successes?
What has hindered or gotten in the way?
What does your team need to be acknowledged for?

As you look to October, consider these questions:
What are your key priorities for October?
What are the key goals?
What are the major priorities?
What will you need to place attention on?
What changes do you want to make in October or this quarter?
What habits do you want to leverage?
When will you check in to explore your progress, and make changes?
What resources do you want to tap into?
Who can help you be successful this month?

This month also is the start to a new quarter. Grab a few more minutes to think about, and NOTE (yes – write it down).

What are your top 5 priorities for this quarter?
What will “wild success” look like at the end of the quarter in each of these priority areas?
What, and who, do you need to complete these priority areas?
What do you need to say NO to, in order to focus on the priorities?
What else is important to note about this quarter?

If you have a copy of the Coaching Biz Builder Workbook and Planner it’s time to complete a new quarterly planning section. Join me for a quarterly planning hack!

Enjoy your reflection!

Coming up – October and a focus on Teamwork Skills.

Best,
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