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#teams365 #3058 Flashback Friday: Video – Working With Strengths with Your Team

5/20/2022

I thought it would be interesting today to take a look back at a short 5 minute video which was part of the A-Z of Team Development series from 2017. It actually hasn’t dated so enjoy today’s flashback and video –

We are at S in our A-Z journey of different team development activities. S brings us to strengths. There is a huge business case for creating environments where strengths are leveraged within teams. From my many years as a team developer I have found that having dialogue and doing work around helping team members understand their unique contributions and strengths can go a long way. It can help a team understand where their collective strengths are as well as gaps. It can also help a team understand where they may be overcompensating or overfocusing because of their natural abilities.

There are many great resources to look at Strengths including StrengthsFinder 2.0, as well as the VIA Strengths Survey which focuses more on Signature Strengths.

Listen in as I share a little more about strengths in this short 5 minute video:

What can you do to focus more on strengths?

Enjoy the conversation,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
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Teams365 #2774 - Myth: Everyone Is The Same

8/4/2021

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The Myth of Chapter 4 is “Everyone is the same. In fact, a team is a diverse collection of individuals. Treat everyone as unique. Each team member will bring different strengths, styles and socialization. One brush cannot work for all!” (Excerpt, page 63, Reconnecting Workspace)

One of the most exciting and vibrant parts of teamwork is the fact that everyone is different. It can be really important to spend time getting to know each other, and getting to understand how each person is different. Differences create strength in a team, and research continues to show that teams which excel are complimentary, not the same.

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

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.

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Teams365 #2748 - 3 Questions About Motivating Your Team

7/9/2021

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This week’s Friday Flashback heads back to Teams365 #736 from 2016 – Motivation and Your Team. Motivation is a critical factor to consider in the hybrid space. What’s important to stimulate conversation around?

At a team level it can be important to explore the following areas:

What motivates each individual team member? Team members can be motivated by both internal and external factors. For some team members it may be pay that really gets them going, while others may be motivated by doing a good job. Spending time getting to know your team and what makes them perform at their best is a key part of stellar team leadership.

What does each team member find important? Our values shape what we deem as important. Whether our values are security or adventure, these are the things that become our drivers and what we often seek out. Each team will also have its own set of values. As team leaders it can be important to have dialogue around values at two levels: the individual level and the team level. See how value alignment works with motivation for each team member.

What are levels of trust and connection like on the team? Team motivation is often tied at a much deeper level to the amount of trust in a team and how connected people feel. We often look to the surface level of the question, what motivates each team member, without asking ourselves about the status of trust on the team. If trust levels are low, or if toxic behaviors are present, it’s unlikely that team members are going to be motivated to bring their best to work
each and every day.

Excerpt: Reconnecting Workspaces, Jennifer Britton, 2021

You can find the original post at Teams365 #736- https://www.potentialsrealized.com/teams-365-blog/teams365-736-motivation-and-your-team

Enjoy 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

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.

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