I just love speaking and presenting. In the past few months
I have presented a number of my Teamwork by Design workshops. This blog will be
a little different, kind of a box of goodies, questions posed by the
presentation attendees. Some of the questions and requests for additional information
that have come up during these recent presentations are:
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Resilience and not worrying
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My friend Irene Martina taught me a great way to
manage negative/self defeating thoughts… say “Cancel that!”
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Write your worries down and prescribe yourself a
daily worry time. Chance are when the worry time arrives, you have forgotten
what you were going to worry about.
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Focus on the Basics: get enough sleep, drink
enough water (coffee doesn’t count as water), exercise, eat healthy, and get
sunlight and fresh air.
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Forgive your self
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Choose to Let Stuff Go
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Every day take time for you.
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Toby- Toby was our dog, a great friend and our
teacher. He is also the star of my book On Toby’s Terms (which is being turned
into a major motion picture) and Toby The Pet Therapy Dog and His Hospital
Friends. In honour of Toby’s life, we created a legacy project titled A Million
Acts of Kindness – Toby’s Global Mission.
Visit www.ontobysterms.com for
updates. You can also check out his
videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/Ontobysterms/videos
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Tips to building teams
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Build Trust – talk openly (compliment publically
and criticize privately)
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Resolve issues… conflicts don’t age well…
resolve them early
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Communicate (often, clearly)
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Build relationships
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Play to one another’s strengths
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Succession Planning
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Identify talent in the workplace
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Meet with employees to better understand their
career goals and aspirations
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Create a Succession Planning Committee
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Develop the succession plan and review it
regularly
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Becoming more adaptable- being adaptable and
flexible is very important, especially in today’s workplace. Here are a few
tips to increasing your adaptability factor:
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Learn to let go of the need for perfectionism…
instead focus on excellence
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View change and challenge as an opportunity
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Each day step out of your comfort zone
