By Shawna Corden
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In this episode, we explore the often-overlooked topic of strengths and how they can shape our personal and professional lives. We discuss the importance of recognizing and leveraging your natural abilities rather than striving for perfection. We also explore practical ways to identify your strengths using tools like Gallup's StrengthsFinder and learn how to maximize them to enhance individual and team performance.
Key takeaways:
1. Understanding what constitutes a true strength and why it’s crucial to focus on what comes naturally to you.
2. Tips for leaders to encourage and develop their team's strengths.
3. How to delegate tasks that drain your energy and focus on those that put you in a state of flow.
4. Building a personal "board of directors" to support your growth in various areas of life.
5. Strategies for expanding your strengths and reducing tasks that don’t align with them.
Tune in to discover how to make strengths the majority of your "life pie" and foster a more engaged, productive, and fulfilled team or personal life.
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In this episode, we dive into the often-overlooked but crucial topic of team building. Shawna discusses the various aspects of team building, including communication, trust, problem-solving, and decision-making. She outlines the benefits of team building, such as improved collaboration, innovation, and trust within teams. Shawna also shares practical tips on how to incorporate team-building activities into your routine, the importance of psychological safety, and how to measure the effectiveness of these activities.
Key takeaways:
1. Types of Team Building: Understanding different communication styles, trust-building exercises, problem-solving challenges, and decision-making activities.
2. Benefits of Team Building: Enhanced team communication, collaboration, innovation, and trust.
3. Implementation Tips: Start small with regular, brief activities before investing in larger events. Ensure psychological safety and consider using a facilitator to maximize the effectiveness of team-building efforts.
4. Measuring Success: Look for signs of increased trust, better role understanding, and more efficient task handoffs among team members.
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Shawna will explore leveraging individual strengths within a team to create a group of all-stars rather than a homogenous unit.
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In this episode of the Playbook for Performance podcast, host Shawna Corden dives into the vital topic of diversity and inclusion within teams. While this subject may seem over-discussed, Shawna brings a fresh perspective, sharing why diversity isn't just a buzzword but a critical driver for innovation, creativity, and effective decision-making.
Key takeaways:
1. Diversity in Teams: The importance of having diverse backgrounds and experiences in teams to foster innovative problem-solving.
2. Mastermind Groups: How diversity within mastermind groups can enhance personal and professional development.
3. Inclusion: Inclusion goes beyond just inviting someone to the table; it’s about ensuring they are prepared, confident, and able to contribute meaningfully.
4. Practical Tips: Role-playing, forming a personal board of directors, and engaging in "immersion therapy" to broaden perspectives.
5. Bias Awareness: The value of understanding personal biases and how they can impact decision-making.
6. Supporting Diversity: How to prepare and support diverse candidates for success within your organization.
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Tune in next week as we explore team-building strategies that strengthen cohesion and upgrade team skills.
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In this episode of "Playbook for Performance," Shawna Corden dives into the intricacies of performance management. Far from being a dreaded task, Shawna explains how setting clear expectations can transform this process into a seamless part of leadership.
Episode Highlights
1. Understanding Performance Management:
- Setting clear expectations for your team.
- Differentiating between job descriptions and position plans.
2. The Importance of Expectations:
- Aligning work with how it should be done and deadlines.
- Ensuring mutual understanding of tasks using metaphors like "paint the shed."
3. Managing Time and Projects:
- Balancing workload throughout the year with pie charts and forecasting.
- Addressing busy seasons and planning for personal and professional time.
4. Development Opportunities:
- Focusing on strengths over weaknesses.
- Utilizing mentoring and setting SMART goals for clarity and success.
5. Tracking Progress:
- Regular check-ins and feedback.
- Keeping detailed notes on individual progress.
6. Handling Underperformance:
- Assuming positive intent and offering support.
- Identifying capacity versus capability issues and providing necessary resources.
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1. Topic: Diversity and Inclusion
2. Focus: The importance of diversity of thought in enriching teams and improving business outcomes.
Takeaway: Performance management is about setting clear expectations, fostering growth, and maintaining regular communication to ensure team success.
Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, we'll explore the intricacies of navigating change within teams.
Key Points Discussed:
1. The Brain and Change: Understand why the brain equates change to pain and how developing new neural pathways can be challenging.
2. Research Insights: Learn from the ICF and HCI report on building a coaching culture for change, highlighting common organizational struggles such as poor leadership, communication issues, and burnout.
3. Effective Communication: Tips for over-communicating the reasons for change, the path forward, and timelines.
4. Leadership Role: How leaders can articulate vision, connect individual roles to the bigger picture, and manage the change process with compassion and clarity.
5. Change Intelligence: Introduction to Dr. Barbara Troutline’s Change Intelligence concept and the importance of recognizing different change styles within your team.
6. Support Systems: The importance of providing moral and practical support, including additional staffing, automation, and self-care initiatives.
7. Monitoring Progress: Strategies for tracking and communicating the progress of change initiatives, making necessary adjustments, and leading by example.
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Homework:
- Develop a Clear Communication Plan: Include strategies, key messages, and channels to keep everyone informed and engaged.
- Seek Input and Feedback: Engage your team through surveys, workshops, and team meetings.
- Provide Support Systems: Offer training, coaching, and EAP services to help your team manage change.
- Monitor Progress: Regularly track and communicate the progress of your change initiatives.
- Next Episode: We’ll discuss performance management and how to maintain changes for lasting success.
- Feedback and Reviews: If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5-star review and send a screenshot to [email protected] for a chance to receive a signed copy of Shawna’s book.
Join us next time for more insights and strategies on how to effectively lead your team through change. Until then, take good care!
In this episode of the Playbook for Performance Podcast, Shawna Corden dives into the crucial topic of enhancing team engagement. With only 21% of employees actively engaged at work, Shawna explores strategies leaders can use to boost their teams' motivation, productivity, and job satisfaction.
Key Points Discussed:
1. Defining Engagement:
- Engagement is measured by productivity, profitability, and retention.
- Only 21% of employees are actively engaged, making it essential to focus on improving this metric.
2. Measuring Engagement:
- Utilize Gallup's Q12 questions to assess engagement.
- Four key categories: What do I give? What do I get? Can I grow? Do I belong?
3. Strategies for Enhancing Engagement:
- Create a Sense of Purpose: Connect daily tasks to the overall vision and goals of the organization.
- Recognize and Reward Efforts: Appreciate and reward employees' efforts in various ways, not just financially.
- Foster a Positive Work Environment: Encourage teamwork, assume positive intent, and provide constructive feedback privately.
- Encourage Work-Life Balance: Model healthy work-life balance practices and respect employees' time outside of work.
4. Actionable Tips:
- Conduct anonymous surveys to gauge current engagement levels.
- Implement a recognition plan with a set budget and frequency.
- Schedule professional development opportunities.
- Hold feedback sessions to enhance the work environment.
5. Homework:
- Leaders are encouraged to assess their teams' engagement, create recognition plans, and promote professional development.
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In this episode, Shawna Corden explores the often misunderstood topic of conflict within teams. She explains how conflict, when managed correctly, can be a powerful tool for innovation and growth. She also highlights the difference between productive and unproductive conflict and offers practical tips and strategies for fostering healthy competition and resolving disagreements.
Key Points Discussed:
1. Importance of Conflict: Conflict can be a catalyst for improvement and innovation, similar to healthy competition.
2. Types of Conflict:
- Task Conflict: Disagreements about responsibilities and task completion.
- Relationship Conflict: Personal differences and triggers.
- Process Conflict: Conflicting objectives within matrixed organizations.
- Goal Conflict: Internal conflicts between personal and organizational goals.
3. Healthy vs. Unhealthy Conflict: Productive conflict focuses on issues, while unproductive conflict targets individuals.
4. Conflict Resolution Strategies:
-Use of RACI charts for clarity in responsibilities.
- Active listening and paraphrasing to ensure understanding.
- Encouraging team collaboration to solve problems.
- Role-playing and mediation exercises to build conflict resolution skills.
5. The Role of Leaders: Leaders should facilitate conflict resolution rather than imposing solutions.
6. Maintaining Harmony: Too much harmony can hinder accountability and performance. Balanced conflict can enhance team effectiveness.
7. Practical Exercises: Teams can benefit from conflict resolution exercises, including reviewing past conflicts or using hypothetical case studies.
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Next Episode Preview: Join us next time as we discuss enhancing team engagement. We'll explore what makes people feel engaged and what drives team disengagement.
Thank you for tuning in. Remember, when managed well, conflict can lead to greater team success. Until next time, take good care!
In this episode, Shawna Corden delves into the crucial topic of effective communication within teams. With multiple generations working together, understanding and implementing clear communication standards is essential. Shawna provides practical tips and strategies to help teams communicate more effectively, ensuring everyone is on the same page and working towards common goals.
Key Takeaways:
-Shared Purpose: Ensure everyone knows the mission and goals to avoid misunderstandings.
-Clarity and Conciseness: Use precise vocabulary and communicate what's necessary without overloading with background information.
-Active Listening: Engage fully in conversations, confirming and understanding what's been said to avoid misinterpretations.
-Regular Updates: Keep the team informed about decisions, action items, and trends to prevent surprises.
-Appropriate Communication Channels: Determine the best channels for different types of communication and set standards.
-Feedback: Provide constructive feedback on meetings and communication to improve effectiveness.
-Non-verbal Communication: Assume positive intent and address issues directly rather than passively.
Next Episode Preview: Join us next time as we discuss conflict resolution in teams, building on the foundation of effective communication. Shawna will share insights and strategies to manage and resolve conflicts, enhancing team harmony and productivity.
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In this episode of the Playbook for Performance podcast, host Shawna Corden explores the critical importance of building trust within teams. Trust isn't just about reliability; it significantly impacts productivity, engagement, and overall team dynamics.
Key insights include:
-Definition and elements of trust: Consistency, competence, communication, and compassion.
-Impact of trust on organizational outcomes: Higher productivity, lower stress, increased engagement.
-Practical strategies to build trust: Transparency in communication, consistent and reliable actions, fostering personal relationships, and recognizing trustworthy behavior.
Drawing from Harvard research and real-world examples, Shawna discusses how trust contributes to team cohesion, resilience, and employee satisfaction. Listeners gain actionable tips to cultivate trust within their teams, enhancing performance and fostering a positive work culture.
Tune in to discover how trust can transform your team dynamics and drive organizational success. Subscribe to the podcast for more insights on effective team coaching and leadership strategies.
Hello, and welcome back to another edition of the Playbook for Performance podcast. I'm your host, Shawna Corden. This month, we're talking all about team coaching, and specifically, today's topic is about the psychological safety of teams in team coaching.
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