Creating a Healthy Work Environment
I want to create a work environment where people are surprised by their own potential. An environment where we respectfully challenge each other to play at the top of our game. Since change is inevitable - continuously learning through experimentation is vital.
Here are a couple of simple experiments that we've been running with my team during our 1:1's.
Moving Motivators
"Management 3.0 #Workout" is fast-becoming my favourite management book and resource toolkit. Moving Motivators is a really simple exercise that I've done in my 1:1's with my team, but you can use it with your colleagues or even in retrospectives.
It's a simple way to prioritize from a set of 10 "motivators".
...and then have a dialogue about how change impacts your motivations.
Here are a couple of references to the game that should help get you started:
https://management30.com/product/moving-motivators/
http://noop.nl/2011/09/moving-motivators-free-exercise.html
https://management30.com/product/moving-motivators/
http://noop.nl/2011/09/moving-motivators-free-exercise.html
Click Down
In the "21-day Tribal Leadership Challenge" David Logan introduced the "click-down" tool with 2 simple steps.
1. In a conversation with a co-worker, listen for a word that would be "blue and underlined". That is, if you were to "click on it" it would take you to additional content. For example your co-worker may say "I am really frustrated with how this sprint is going."
2. Ask an open-ended question about that word to elict a deeper conversation. For example, you may ask "Why are you so frustrated with how this sprint is going?"
You would repeat steps 1 and 2 until it becomes "uncomfortable" or difficult for the other person to answer. When you get to that place, you've usually stumbled onto their core-values. It takes a bit of practice to make sure you make it part of an organic part of your conversation.
Read more about this and listen to David Logan here:
http://www.triballeadership.net/core-values/click-down
1. In a conversation with a co-worker, listen for a word that would be "blue and underlined". That is, if you were to "click on it" it would take you to additional content. For example your co-worker may say "I am really frustrated with how this sprint is going."
2. Ask an open-ended question about that word to elict a deeper conversation. For example, you may ask "Why are you so frustrated with how this sprint is going?"
You would repeat steps 1 and 2 until it becomes "uncomfortable" or difficult for the other person to answer. When you get to that place, you've usually stumbled onto their core-values. It takes a bit of practice to make sure you make it part of an organic part of your conversation.
Read more about this and listen to David Logan here:
http://www.triballeadership.net/core-values/click-down
Final Note - Bringing Devices into 1:1's
This also allows me to pay closer attention to others, by jotting down notes as they speak. Instead of being burdened by follow-up questions or "click-down" words... I'm able to more closely focus and listen to what they have to say.
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