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Teams365 #2988 - Week In Review

3/6/2022

Welcome back to this week’s Week in Review. It’s been a full week here at the Teams365 blog.

Some of the posts we’ve explored this week are:
Saturday’s Weekly Journaling Prompt 181: For Me To Thrive

Friday’s Flashback on Review of the 3 Week Series Highlight

Thursday’s Principle on Setting People Up For Success

Wednesday’s focus on Determining The Right People Quote

Tuesday’s post on Brain Tip for Mental Models

Monday’s Month End Planning

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

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Teams365 #2987 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 181: For Me To Thrive

3/5/2022

This week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt gets you to consider the question “For me to thrive….”.

What are the things that will help you flourish?

As you look back, what’s worked?

As you look ahead, what are you yearning for?

Where is it important for you to thrive, not only survive?

I hope that you enjoy this week’s journaling prompt and that it inspires you to carve out 5- 10 minutes to reflect on this question.

Enjoy!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #2986 - Flashback – Review of the 3 Week Series Highlight

3/4/2022

Thanks for joining us for the last 3 weeks for the Chapter 12 highlight of Reconnecting Workspaces. I hope you have enjoyed reading the posts as much as I have enjoyed sharing them.

Over the last three weeks here at the blog we have been exploring the topic of team effectiveness through a variety of posts. Be sure to check out the many posts in the last three weeks including:

Relationships are a Critical Part of Remote Work Success

Principle: Set People Up For Success

Reconnecting the Workspace Tip: Onboarding

Quote: Determining The Right People

Myth Around Virtual, Remote and Hybrid Work – Will You Sink or Swim?

Brain Tip: Mental Models

Team Tool: 90-Day Checklist

Month End Planning

Flashback: Building Onto the Skills of New Virtual Team Members (from Effective Virtual Conversations)

Weekly Journaling Prompt 180: What’s Going to Help You Thrive?

Weekly Journaling Prompt 179: What’s Going To Help You Be Successful In Your Work Right Now?

Remote Pathways Podcast: Thriving Long Term with Remote Work

Mentoring as Part of Onboarding 90 Day Guide for Success Excerpt

Flashback – Six Leadership Questions a Day Onboarding

Productivity in the Remote Space – Six Key Areas to Explore from PlanDoTrack

What the Research Says: Getting Onboarding Right

Enjoy the reading!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #2985 - Principle: Set People Up For Success

3/3/2022

This chapter’s principle is, Set People up for Success.

The start of any process is a critical time for laying the foundation for success. In many helping practices such as therapy and coaching, the notion of “fit” continues to be identified as an enabling, and essential, factor for success. It’s less about the skills and more about the intangible relationships.

As you move forward with your work, what are the things people need in order to be set up for success?

Enjoy your reflection!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #2984 - Quote: Determining The Right People

3/2/2022

Today’s quote comes from Jim Collins

“In determining ‘the right people,’ the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.”

Enjoy the reflection,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #2983 - Brain Tip: Mental Models

3/1/2022

We learn by building onto what we know already. The key to learning in a volatile context is ensuring that we are activating mental models.

Senge describes mental models as “deeply held internal images of how the world works, images that limit us to familiar ways of thinking and acting. Very often we are not consciously aware of our mental models or the effects they have on our behavior.”

In the team context, shared mental models are useful in creating common ground and shared understanding. We can create shared mental models through experience and practice. For example, if a team is struggling with difficult conversations, you may introduce a model such as Kerry Patterson’s Crucial Conversations, or Kim Scott’s Radical Candor.

The underbelly of mental models is that they provide us with bias and are grounded in possible assumptions, which, if unexplored, may create bias in how we operate and interface with others.

Creating shared mental models within the virtual teams helps people align their approaches consistently. In an environment of the team, this is critical for consistency, especially as people may be part of one or more matrix teams.
For example, Kim Scott’s Radical Candor encourages feedback from a place where you Care Personally and Challenge Directly. Without this type of feedback, you will find yourself providing feedback from a place of Obnoxious Aggression (which might sound like being an A-hole), Ruinous Empathy (which is too kind, stepping over the feedback), or perhaps Manipulative Insincerity (making yourself look good at the expense of others).

Keeping things simple as a virtual team is critical. Part of this is priming people for experiences and creating shared mental models. When we have shared mental models, we have a shared approach, which allows us to create together and move forward together.

Enjoy the conversation,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #2982 - Month End Planning

2/28/2022

Can you believe it’s already the end of February? One-sixth through the year already.

Here are a few questions to get you started thinking about what’s important for you…

What were my major achievements this month?

What do I want to celebrate?

As I consider my goals (and resolutions) I made at the start of the year, how am I doing with these on a scale of 1-10? Which ones are becoming new habits or something I can check off?

Which ones need to be let go of?

As a leader, what have I noticed about my team this month?

As a leader, what notes should I make about performance issues (if I haven't done it already!)

The thing that has helped me be most productive this month has been ______

The thing that has helped me be most successful this month has been ______

The thing that has helped me be happiest this month has been ________

The thing that has helped me be most healthy has been _______

Looking ahead to March....

My priorities are:

My goals are

I want to......

I'll be really happy at the end of March when I.....

The one thing that’s important to get completed by the end of this quarter is….

Enjoy the reflection!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #2981 - Week in Review and Inquiry

2/27/2022

Thanks for joining us this week here at the Teams365 blog. This week we covered a lot of ground around onboarding including

Saturday’s post around the Weekly Journaling Prompt of What’s going to help you thrive

Friday’s post with the flashback to Teams365 #627 – Six leadership questions for onboarding new team members

Thursday’s focus on The Remote Pathways Podcast Episode #54 – Thriving Long Term in the Remote Space

Wednesday’s focus on What some of the research says about great work

Tuesday’s focus on Six Key Productivity areas to keep an eye on with your work in the remote space

Monday’s focus on Working with a Mentor (not only during onboarding but at all stages!)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #2980 - Weekly Journaling Prompt 180: What’s Going to Help You Thrive?

2/26/2022

This week’s Weekly Journaling Prompt gets you to consider the question: What’s going to help you thrive?

Enjoy your reflection, and if you haven’t listened to it yet, check out episode 54 of the Remote Pathways podcast.

Enjoy the reflection!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

Teams365 #2979 - Flashback – Six Leadership Questions a Day Onboarding

2/25/2022

Back in the 2nd year of the Teams365 blog I did a regular series of 6 Leadership Questions a day. These in fact influenced the team questions you will find in Reconnecting Workspaces.

I thought it would be interesting to go back and see what I had written in the series around onboarding, and here’s what I found as some questions for leaders to consider with respect to onboarding:

This week's 6 Leadership Questions explores the topic on-boarding new team members. These are six potential questions you can use to spark dialogue and discussion.

1 What does the person need in order to get up to speed quickly?
2. Who are key members the person needs to meet?
3. What are the top 5 things they need to know?
4. What expectations do I need to clarify?
5. What are the key processes they need to master?
6. What are their top 3-5 goals (individual/organizational and team)?

What other questions do you want to make a practice of incorporating into some of the initial 1-1s with new staff members? For more on onboarding, Check out these past blog posts.

Check out that original Teams365 post from 2015 at https://www.potentialsrealized.com/teams-365-blog/teams365-627-6-leadership-questions-onboarding-new-team-members

Enjoy,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.