Teams365 #3174: Boosting Your Team Practices- 10 Ideas

Yesterday I shared our recent 90-Day Guide for Success video: Routines, Habits and Practices – if you missed it you can view it here.

In yesterday’s post I shared more about routines and habits in support of performance, but what about practices? 

Practices are things we do on a regular basis to support relationships and results. This might include:

• Weekly or bi-weekly Team Meetings
• Monthly social events for team members to connect – i.e. afterwork fun events like ping pong or lunchtime potlucks
• Quarterly Team Booster Shots or Retreats – one of our most popular offerings this year has been half day Team Strengths Days which we offer to teams virtually, helping them learn more about themselves, their strengths and/or styles. Take a look at what we do and learn more about our Team Days
• Team buddies – where team members are paired with one or two others to create informal peer connections and/or mentoring
• Formal and informal mentoring
• Lunch and learns to facilitate learning more formally
• Development and review of team norms on a regular basis

Beyond events, we want to make sure that as teams we are:

• Connecting – getting to know each other. Understanding our roles and how they overlap
• Communicating – Formally and informally. Taking time to review and focus on how effective our different communication channels are
• Collaborating

In fact, all of the 7 Cs I shared as Remote Enablers are just as important as team practices. Be sure to check out the 7 Enablers again if you haven’t revisited them in a while. You can find them in this video entitled Remote Team Boosters.  

You can also read more about them in much greater depth in Reconnecting Workspaces, as well as the 90-Day Guide for Success.

Enjoy the conversation!
Jennifer

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