Tool: Facilitate appreciation in your team
Appreciating individuals one on one will go a long way to helping them feel recognised and appreciated. But you are just one person. You cannot create a culture of positivity and appreciation if you are the only one appreciating others.
Facilitating appreciation in group environments such as team meetings will get everyone involved and encourage them to appreciate others as well.
1 minute hot seat
Appreciate the team as a whole
Post-it appreciation
Go around the whole group, allowing one minute per person. Have other people 'shower' that person with appreciative comments. The person being appreciated should be encouraged not to say anything, but just breathe, listen and receive what people are saying - so they really hear it and don't deflect it. Then they get to say "Thank you" (bu
Go around the whole group, allowing one minute per person. Have other people 'shower' that person with appreciative comments. The person being appreciated should be encouraged not to say anything, but just breathe, listen and receive what people are saying - so they really hear it and don't deflect it. Then they get to say "Thank you" (but nothing else).
Examples:
- "I really like how you lift everyone's mood."
- "You are always finding the positive in others."
- "You always get your work done on time and that makes my job easier."
- "You're really creative, I can always call and talk to you and end up with some new ideas."
Virtual version:
To prevent everyone speaking over each other without physical cues in the room, nominate two people to be the appreciators. They and the person in the hot seat keep their camera on, everyone else turns theirs off. The appreicators change each time someone new is in the hot seat.
Post-it appreciation
Appreciate the team as a whole
Post-it appreciation
Have people write an appreciative characteristic on a post-it note; have each person write 2 or 3 post-its for each of the other people on the team. Then distribute the post-its to the target person. Remind people to keep it positive.
This way the feedback is anonymous and plentiful.
Virtual version:
Using a collaborative virtual space, crea
Have people write an appreciative characteristic on a post-it note; have each person write 2 or 3 post-its for each of the other people on the team. Then distribute the post-its to the target person. Remind people to keep it positive.
This way the feedback is anonymous and plentiful.
Virtual version:
Using a collaborative virtual space, create a page or a section of a page for each person in the team. Everyone goes to each person's space and leaves 2 or 3 notes (anonymous if possible), where each note contains one or two words to describe a positive characteristic. E.g., charismatic, friendly, efficient, fun, thoughtful, easy going, etc.
Appreciate the team as a whole
Appreciate the team as a whole
Appreciate the team as a whole
Have everyone focus on the team as a whole. Each person appreciates the whole for how they work together.
Examples:
- "I really like how we help each other out and we support one another."
- "We have a lot of fun together"
- "We rock! We create amazing results together! "
- "We trust each other."