2Gold Awards for Best Team Development Program and Best Advance in Measuring the Impact of Leadership Development (with Mowi Canada West)
Bronze Award for Best Team Development Program (with Portage College)
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The Secret to Successful Team Meetings
Appreciations, difficulties, and final statements is a technique we use to close down every meeting.
It’s really important to encourage everyone to have a voice and employees, managers and leaders should all participate. Why? Everyone gets the opportunity to say something at the end of the meeting, people can give and receive immediate feedback, everyone has an understanding of how that meeting went, and more. Here is a handout for your team:
Dr. Jim Sellner, PhD. DipC. answers questions leadership, motivation, accountability, manager connection, or working on a remote team. Send your questions to: askdrjim@vivoteam.com
Energy Booster
Dr. Jim,
Before Covid, we really thrived on each others energy and working closely together. With us now working remotely, I need to figure out how to get that energy back. What can I do?
-Beth*
Hi Beth,
We see this all the time when there is a major shift of some kind. This is a major shift for many people when they go from working in the office to working remotely. You'll notice behavior changes, some people may have been really good at what they were doing before, but are maybe not so good now. Check in with them and ask how it's going. I also recommend that at least three times a week at an appointed time get together online and do a check in. Everybody goes around first and says what they are working on. You do another round of what are your stuck points or what am I frustrated about. Do a final round where everybody says a win they have had recently. So people are talking together and you are maintaining connection.
They other thing, it's a bit radical, but you could for 1 hour maybe in the morning and one in the afternoon, everyone come up on screen and work together at the same time. You can see everyone moving around and doing their thing, you can have a little chat, just like in your office. There's not much difference in many respects, except it's virtual and some people may need time to get used to that. Again, it increases the connection and it can really help people in terms of stress and anxiety just to know people are there with them, even if it's electronically. Give it a shot, watch for changes in behavior and respond to help them get better, and encourage people who are doing well.
