POTENTIALS REALIZED
  • Home
  • Remote Team Support
  • For Teams
    • Corporate Retreats
    • Team Coaching
    • Team Building
    • Team Days
  • Leadership Development
    • Leadership Development Programming
    • Mentoring and Mentor Training
    • Teams365 Leadership Lab (Annual Group Coaching for Leaders)
  • Training and Facilitation
    • Facilitation Services
    • Training Services - Leadership, Teamwork
    • Global Organizations and Teams
    • Youth Leadership Development >
      • Train-the-Trainer Services
  • Creating Engaging Virtual Learning
  • Coaching
    • Coaching Services: Individuals/Executives
    • Coaching Skills Training for Leaders
    • Group Coaching (For Team Leaders and Other Professionals)
    • Group and Team Coaching
    • Mentor Coaching & Mentor Coaching Groups
  • Group and Team Coaching Training (For Coaches)
    • Become a Coaching Business Builder Facilitator
  • Our Books
    • Effective Group Coaching
    • From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching
    • PlanDoTrack
    • Effective Virtual Conversations (2017)
    • Bonus Audios for those purchasing from our site
  • Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team
  • Everything DiSC®
    • Everything DiSC® Workplace
    • Everything DiSC Work of Leaders
    • 363 For Leaders
  • Teams 365 Blog
  • Consulting
  • Speaking
  • Resources
    • Leadership Questions
  • About
  • Store - Signed Copies, Emanuals, Conversation Sparker(TM)
  • Privacy Policy
  • Annual Membership Programs - For Coaches
  • PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner (Virtual and Remote Professionals)
    • Become a PlanDoTrack Facilitator
  • Our Teams365 On-demand Courses (Productivity, Team Effectiveness)
  • Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner
  • Join the Conversation - Conversation Sparker Zone Community
  • 15th Anniversary
Connect with Us

Teams365 Blog

Daily tips, tools and blog posts for leaders and their teams. Daily posts since January 2014. The Teams365 blog is brought to you by Jennifer Britton, founder of Potentials Realized, and author of Effective Group Coaching and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching.

Download Team Coaching Chapter

TEAMS365 #2547 - Week in Review

12/20/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Welcome back to another Sunday Week in Review. As we go to start winding down for the holidays, I’m going to take a look back at the varied posts from across the year and focus more on winding down for 2020. I hope that you will enjoy some time in the coming days with your family, and a bit of time to put a pause on the year that 2020 was.

It’s been a pleasure bringing daily blog posts forward to you since 2014. With this being the 7th of the blog writing has become a natural part of my weekly process. I hope that you will take moment to search out some of the topics which are important for you – whether it’s teamwork, leadership, Standing Out Virtually, plus lots of other posts. Do enjoy!

Here’s where we went this past week:
  • Saturday’s Weekly Journaling Prompt 
  • Friday’s Flashback to the inaugural blog post this year around Standing Out Virtually. You can read it here.
  • Thursday’s Team Building Tip 274 around CALIBRATE
  • Wednesday’s focus on Hybrid Work, Making it Work
  • Tuesday’s focus on Stand Out Virtually – Power Up Challenge In Review
  • Monday’s focus on the Stand Out Virtually Principle of Connection

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
​Jennifer
Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders 
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326
0 Comments

TEAMS365 #2541 – Stand Out Virtually Principle – Connect

12/14/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Welcome back to another Monday here at the Teams365 blog. For Stand Out Virtually Principle #4 we have CONNECT. Connection has been a central theme here at the Teams365 blog since I started writing the posts back in 2014. Never before has connection been so important.

Consider what’s important for you around connection in your work. A reminder of the blog post I shared on November 10th about the 5 Layers of Connection and the 12 different ways to incorporate it. Be sure to take a look at that post – here.
​
The five layers of connection are:
  • To you, the host
  • To each other
  • To the content you are offering
  • To the context in which you are having the conversation
  • To the technology

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

TEAMS365 #2536 - Wednesday Wisdom for Remote Teams

12/9/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
It’s Wednesday and we’re going to start going back to the basics for remote teams. Given that we are moving into the last few weeks of the month, it can be valuable to return to our look at the Remote Enablers.
​
If you picked up a copy of the Remote Working Whitepaper I authored earlier this year, you may be familiar with the 7 Remote Enablers:
  • Communication
  • Clarity
  • Collaboration
  • Connection
  • Consistency
  • Community
  • Culture

As a team, where are you on a scale of 1-10?

What’s important about each of these for you?

​What are you doing to support work in all of those areas?

What are the areas which may be a little weaker or not being focused on?

What else is key to have dialogue around? Share elements of work around?

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

TEAMS365 #2522 – Building Connection in Virtual Meetings

11/25/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Over the last few weeks, I have been undertaking a lot of speaking around virtual facilitation, as well as hosting a number of virtual groups, and virtual train-the-trainers. I’ve also been part of several online conferences, either as a participant, or as in the case of Running Remote, a community sponsor.

One of the key themes which has emerged is HOW do we BUILD connection across the virtual space?

When things are complex, it’s even more important to intentionally be building connections across a group.

Here are two ideas:
  1. Have people introduce themselves by asking them to share something that they bring that’s unique to the group. After everyone has welcomed themselves, be sure to ask the group to consider the key themes which have emerged across the group.
  2. Add a layer of BINGO to your next meeting – you can see it at play in our Remote Pathways Podcast call around Trust and Connection from May 2020. Check it out here.

​Check out the November 17th blog post which includes links to the topic of trust and connection as well. You can read the November blog post here - TEAMS365 #2514 – Building Connection in Your Remote Team #remoteteams - POTENTIALS REALIZED

This is in addition to a couple of other ideas including:
  • Create a virtual co-working group of people inside, or outside of your organization, stating time to meet online.
  • Joining communities of like-minded people who are also exploring topic areas of similar interest.

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

TEAMS365 #2514 – Building Connection in Your Remote Team

11/17/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
One of the challenges of today’s remote team is that of connection which has implications for results and relationships. When people don’t feel connected it has impact on productivity, teamwork and also results.

What are the ways you are connecting your team?

Many teams these days are incorporating some, or all, of these:
  • Weekly or daily huddles (as time zones permit)
  • Virtual Co-Working Sessions (Check out The Remote Pathways podcast episode on Co-working 
  • Peer partners who meet around key accountability measures

What are the things you are doing to help people feel connected and aligned with your purpose?

What are the best vehicles for you as a team to stay connected?

For more on the topic of building trust and connection, check out these other Teams365 blog posts:
  • Teams365 #679 – Four Ways to Build Trust with Your Team 
  • Teams365 #1168 - Five Ways to Build Trust in Your Virtual Team 

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

TEAMS365 #2510 – Flashback Friday – Effective Virtual Conversations Tip #8

11/13/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
It's the start of a new week and it's time for Effective Virtual Conversations Tip #8. 

​In Effective Virtual Conversations I write:
​"We don't often pause or take time to go deeper into dialogue. When we fail to do this we lose the opportunity for individuals to explore the rich terrain of assumptions, beliefs and other areas." - pp 71, Effective Virtual Conversations

​In many virtual events today - webinars, conference calls - silence and pause points are at a premium, and that's usually what people need. When we are working with virtual, or global teams, taking time to check our assumptions is critical. For example, we may all have a different set of assumptions on what success should look like, or assumptions around quality. Going hand-in-hand with this is the value in exploring, or being aware of, the different beliefs at play. 

​What is the value of taking more of a pause in your virtual programming?
​What will allow you go deeper into dialogue as a team or group?

​Different ways you might consider creating a pause point for deeper reflection could be:
​- pose a question to the group/team and have dialogue around it during your meeting;
​- at the end of your weekly meeting pose a question for team members to reflect on. You can check in around this the next week at the start of your meeting;
​- providing each person on the team with a journal to reflect in
​- posting a daily/weekly reflection question on your Intranet, shared site or Slack

​in order to move into these deeper layers it is important that there is trust on the team. Building trust and connection should be a primary focus for team leaders today. Take a look at what I have written about trust in past Teams365 posts.

​What can you do to create more of a pause and opportunity to go into deeper conversation space? 


​With best wishes,
Jennifer

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

TEAMS365 #2507 – 12 Ways to More Connection in Your Zoom or Team’s Calls

11/10/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
There are many different types of calls we have during the week, with most not having as much connection and dialogue as they could. The beauty of the virtual space is that conversations and connection can take place in a number of ways. 

As I shared this summer in the Stand Out Virtually Challenge, we want to connect people on five levels:
  • To you, the host
  • To each other
  • To the content you are offering
  • To the context in which you are having the conversation
  • To the technology
 
Consider these 12 different possibilities for creating more connection:
  1. Doing a pre-call with each participant to learn ore about them
  2. Sharing a welcome video message instead of/or in tandem with a welcome email
  3. Having group members share a welcome video introduction
  4. Using Breakouts to connect people
  5. Assigning an accountability partner or buddy during the process
  6. Taking a poll to see where everyone is thinking around a topic
  7. Using annotate to have people stamp where they are in agreement around a question or topic
  8. Doing a scavenger hunt during the call
  9. Using an icebreaker like BINGO during the call to find things in common
  10. Using Kahoot to connect people into the content you covered
  11. Using MentiMeter to take a poll
  12. Using mural to help people connect and share ideas

What else can you do to incorporate more connection on the five levels?

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

TEAMS365 #2425 – Team Building Tip 259

8/20/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
This week’s Team Building Tip asks the question – What would create more safety?

For team members to engage, or individuals to engage virtually, we need to ensure that there is safety.  This is an essential ingredient for learning, results, relationships and performance.

Safety is created through many things –
  • From being clear on what people can expect
  • From being clear on outcomes
  • By inviting all voices into the room
  • By being clear what the boundaries are around the outcome
  • By clarifying roles

Safety is an important part of what I term “the triad of virtual calls”. This includes TRUST, SAFETY and CONNECTION. Be sure to check out other posts on this topic here.

As you surface this conversation, what do you notice?

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

TEAMS365 #2418 – Team Building Tip 258

8/13/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
This week’s Team Building Question may seem a bit provocative, and in the remote space, it’s critical that we ask it – What’s not being spoken about?

When trust levels are high the question “what’s not being spoken about” can open up the doorway for a great dialogue. When trust levels are low, this question might seem very provocative.

The answer to this question can shine the light on areas you need to explore as a team, or areas to keep in min.

Here are a few other questions to keep in mind this week:
  • What other areas haven’t you explored, or spoken about?
  • What is taboo in terms of looking at as a team?
  • What ideas are never surfaced?
  • What’s not safe about bringing up an alternative view?

Enjoy your conversation,
Jennifer

PS - Take a minute and be sure to join us over at the Virtual and Remote Visionaries Hub as well on Facebook. You can join us here. 
Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders 
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326
0 Comments

TEAMS365 #2412 – Flashback Friday – Remote Pathways Podcast

8/7/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Welcome back to another Friday post. This week I’m highlighting not Teams365 blog posts, but recent podcast episodes you’ll find at the Remote Pathways podcast. Little did my co-host and I know last fall when we started this project, how widespread remote work would become. It’s a pleasure hosting this podcast. I hope you will subscribe!
 
I hope that you will check out some of our most recent episodes:
  • Remote Pathways podcast Episode #17 – Every remote worker needs leadership skills – As many organizations are finding, teamwork and leadership look different in the remote space. EVERYONE needs to have skills in the remote space. Check out Episode 17 here.
  • Remote Pathways Podcast Episode 16 – Entrepreneurship in the remote space with Kim Avery. Join us for a great conversation about entrepreneurship in episode 16. Listen in here.
  • Remote Pathways Podcast Episode 15 – Team Effectiveness in the Remote Space. What do teams need to excel in the remote space? Listen in to episode 15 here.
  • Remote Pathways podcast Episode 14 – The Enneagram with Teresa McCloy – listen in here.
  • Our most popular episode to date has been Trust and Connection in the Remote Space – a topic I cover in Chapter 2 of Effective Virtual Conversations. Check out the Trust and Connection episode here.

Have an idea for an episode or a guest you’d like to see join us? Let me know – drop me an email.
 
With best wishes,
Jennifer 
Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders 
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326
0 Comments
<<Previous

    Author


    Jennifer Britton - Known for her writing and work in the areas of remote and virtual teamwork, leadership, team and group coaching, Jenn is the founder of Potentials Realized, and a former team leader with global organizations including the UN. She is passionate about helping teams and organizations to do their best work. Potentials Realized is a performance improvement company providing training, coaching and facilitation services. We specialize in support to virtual teams, remote work, and virtual facilitation, in addition to our award-winning coaching  and program design services.

    Visit our on-demand courses for team leaders and team members here.

    All blog posts are Copyright 2014-2020.  Jennifer Britton, All Rights Reserved.


    Sign Up for Email Updates
    For Email Newsletters you can trust.

    RSS Feed

    View my profile on LinkedIn

    PicK up a copy of PlanDoTrack - For Virtual and Remote Professionals

    Picture

    Avoid the "Death by Conference CAll" - EVC Book:

    Picture
    Visit our new site - www.EffectiveVirtualConversations.com.
    Picture

    Upcoming Programs

    Picture
    ​Upcoming Programs:
    Virtual Facilitation Essentials (5 weeks x 75 min calls) starting mid-January 2021

    One Day Session - Wednesday January 6 - 930 - 4 pm Eastern

    PlanDoTrack Facilitator training (24 CCEs): Weekly starting mid January Become certified as a PlanDoTrack Facilitator and be ready to lead a suite of programming for the virtual and remote professionals you support.


    ​Learning Lab and Design Studio (for coaches, trainers and those working in team and group programs). Calls 2 Fridays a month at 8 am ET. More at LearningLabandDesignStudio.com
    ​

    Group Coaching Essentials - Fridays 1015 - 11 30 am ET on January 8, 15, 22, 29 and February 5 2021
    8.75 CCEs. Click here for more info

    Teams365 Leadership Lab - Twice a month Friday calls (2nd and 4th week of month) for Team Leaders (Fridays 8:45 - 9:30 am Eastern/New York). . Learn more here.

    Mentor Coaching Groups - for ACC/PCC: Fridays 9 - 10 am ET: January 8 - April 8 2021 Click here for more info.

     Advanced Group and Team Coaching Practicum (10 CCEs) - starts Fridays 1230 - 145 pm  ET: January 8 - Mid-February Eastern/New York). Click here for more info.

    On-Demand Video Based Courses (Start when you want at your own pace):

    Teams365 Teamwork Foundations - a 7 module program exploring 10 core teamwork skills, and essential ingredients for more effective teams. Enroll now.

    The Inner Biz Leader(TM) Virtual Business Planning Retreat - Seven  hours of structured self-paced activities to design your plan for the next year, while exploring your inner leadership foundations.

    Tips and Tools for Your Group and Team Programs - More than 2 dozen tips to support you in your work with workshops, webinars, teleclasses, retreats etc. More than 3.5 hours of lecture videos, worksheets and 28 accompanying activities.

    Archives

    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014

    Categories

    All
    19 For 2019 Productivity
    2018 Kickstart
    20 Focus Areas For Virtual And Remote Team Development
    6 Leadership Questions
    Accountability
    Articles
    Audio
    Back To The Basics
    Books
    Business Development
    Capacity Development
    Cartoons
    Celebrations
    Change
    Changes
    Check It Off Tip
    Check-it-off-tip
    Checklist
    Coaching
    Coaching Skills
    Collaboration
    Communication
    Complexity
    Conflict
    Conflict Mgt
    Conversation Sparker
    Creativity
    Culture
    Decision Making
    Decisions
    Delegation
    Difficult Conversations
    Disruption
    Effective Virtual Conversations
    Effective Virtual Conversation Tip
    Ei
    Emotional Intelligence
    Employee Engagement
    Essential Leadership Read
    Everything DiSC
    Facilitation Skills
    Feedback
    First 90 Days
    Flashback Friday
    Focus
    Foundations Of Goals
    Foundations Of Teamwork
    Global Leadership
    Goal
    Goals
    Gratitude
    Group Coaching
    Group Development
    Groups
    Habit
    Habits
    High Performing Teams
    Ho
    Innovation
    Inspiration
    Jennifer Britton
    Jennifer Britton
    Jo The New Team Leader
    Journailng
    Journaling
    Leaders
    Leadership
    Leadership A Z
    Leadership A - Z
    Leadership A-z
    Leadership Myth
    Leadership Myths
    Leadership Practices
    Leadership Tip
    Leadership Toolkit
    Learning
    #letstalkvirtual
    Matrix Management
    Meetings
    Mentoring
    Mid-month Reflection
    Mindset
    Month End Questions
    Monthend Questions
    Month End Review
    Monthly Review
    Motivating Team Quotes
    Motivation
    Motivational Monday
    Networking
    Neuroscience
    New Team Leader Foundations
    New Year Planning
    Oneonones
    One On Ones
    One Thing Quote
    Organizational Culture
    Partnering
    Peer Learning
    Performance
    Personal Productivity
    PlanDoTrack
    Planning
    Presentation Skills
    Priorities
    Problem Solving
    Productivity
    Project Management
    Quarter
    Questions
    Quotation
    Quotes
    Recognition
    Relationship Management
    Remote Pathways
    Remote Teams
    Remote Work
    Retreats
    Roles
    Silos
    Stand Out Virtually
    Strengths
    Styles
    Sunday Audio
    System
    Team Buiding
    Team Building
    Team Building Activity
    Team Building Tip
    Team Building Tips
    Team Building Video
    Team Building Videos
    Team Buildling Tips
    Team Coaching
    Team Culture
    Team Development
    Team Development Activities A Z
    Team Development Activities A-Z
    Team Leader Breakfast Cafe
    Team Leadership
    Team Leadership Skill
    Team Leader Skill
    Teams
    Teams365-team-leadership-foundations
    Team Sparker Cards
    Team Tool
    Teamwork
    Team Work
    Teamwork-quote
    Teamwork Skills
    Telecommuting
    Thank You
    Time Management
    Time-management
    Tools
    Toxicteams
    Trust
    Uncertainty
    Upcoming Programs
    Vaiues
    Values
    Video
    Virtual And Remote Team Activity
    Virtual And Remote Teams
    Virtualfacilitation
    Virtual Facilitation
    Virtual Facilitation Tip
    Virtual Leadership
    Virtualmeetings
    Virtual Meetings
    Virtual Remote Team Leadership Az
    Virtual-remote-team-leadership-az
    Virtual-remote-team-leadership-a-z
    Virtual Team Leadership
    Virtual Teams
    Vision
    Visuals
    Vuca
    Webinars
    Weekly Journaling Prompt
    Work Life
    Yearend
    Year End
    Year End Planning

    RSS Feed


Team Coaching
Team and Corporate Retreats
Training and Facilitation Services
Coaching Skills Training for Leaders
Group Coaching


PlanDoTrack - For Virtual and Remote Professionals
Our Books
Resources
Group Coaching Training for Coaches
Mentor Coaching Group (ICF Credentials)

​Privacy Policy
Teams365 Leadership Lab
Leadership Development
Consulting Services
Speaking
Everything DiSC® Profiles
About


Copyright 2004-2019. Potentials Realized. Contact us directly at (416) 996 -TEAM (8326)