Are you all professional at work? No chit-chat, no small talk, not sharing personal stuff? Well, you’re not the only one. In most projects and environments I’ve worked, there’s not much sharing of personal things, and I hear the most “coffee talk” about work-related topics. Then again, I asked about my colleague’s weekend and if anything special happened.
Continue reading →Frankly, do you know your colleagues, your teammates?
Imagine you’re having a meeting, a workshop, a retrospective, a training, … do you know how your attendees are feeling? How do they evaluate their experience?
The goal is to collect people’s feedback on a quantitative level (what’s your rating, your score?) as a qualitative level (how do you feel, what do you like, what could be improved? etc.).
Usually, this is done via “feedback forms,” which works well at the end of a more extended session or training. But applying this for any gathering is very interesting!
You can easily integrate ways to collect feedback in any meeting.
Management 3.0 proposes the feedback or “happiness” door.
Continue reading →A thank you is great, but showing appreciation to colleagues, friends, and family for something they’ve done for you is even more satisfying! In a professional context, showing gratitude is happening too little for different reasons: it’s uncommon (regarded as not done, not part of the culture, etc.). Although said and proven in research, showing gratitude is a tremendous intrinsic incentive: this is essential to keep your employees motivated! Organizations should be as aware of intrinsic motivators as extrinsic motivators.