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There’s just so much to be grateful for that I had to make this second post for Day 12 of the #12DaysOfGratitude challenge. I am grateful for all the kind team members who have joined GO-VA and for the range of their career experiences and talents.
Find out more about the varied skills your very own GO-VA team can add to your business here: https://www.go-va.com.au/available-team-members/
Today is Day 11 of my #12DaysOfGratitude challenge.
Something tells me we will find it easier this year to write 2021. That we won’t have so many of those early days in a new year when we keep writing down the previous year in our messages and notes, out of habit. Because who doesn’t want to put 2020 behind them as quickly as possible, right?
One thing I will remember fondly from last year, though, was the opportunity to catch up with the http://www.go-va.com.au tribe and keep working on our culture.
Thanks to virtual platforms and lots of coordination by our Chief Happiness Officer Michelle, we could keep up our tea sessions with new team members and those who had successfully completed their probation period! We also celebrated GO-VA work anniversaries online and pulled off some virtual birthday surprises.
Here’s hoping we’ll get the chance to hold in-person events safely again this year. In the meantime, I’m grateful to see and listen to the tribe every chance I get, even if it’s only on a screen.
One of the many moments I am grateful for this year was hearing the motivational speaker and leadership coach Adrian Ding say: “You have one of the best onboarding systems and processes that I know.”
I hope our new GO-VA team members felt that they belonged and were truly cared for, even if many of them joined us after about 80% of the tribe had already started working from home for most of the week.
Grateful for the opportunity to welcome new team members this year and excited to welcome more people to the tribe soon! Today is Day 9 of my #12DaysOfGratitude challenge.
How well did your huddles go with your distributed team this year?
Daily huddles are great for inspiring accountability and teamwork in distributed teams. When about 80% of us in the GO-VA tribe began working from home last March, some of our weekly or twice-weekly meetings became daily (but shorter) huddles. That helped us execute and, more importantly, stay connected.
And that’s what I’m grateful for today, Day 8 of my #12DaysOfGratitude challenge.
We believe you, too, will benefit from daily huddles with your team in 2021. Here’s how we make our daily huddles work well: https://go.globalofficeph.com/huddle-board
Day 6 of the #12DaysOfGratitude: Grateful for digital platforms that allow businesses and recruiters to search for qualified candidates from anywhere in the world, without waiting for applications to come in.
This year, Rembrand Koning, Ines Black, and Sharique Hasan surveyed more than 13,000 workers in the United States for their study “Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in America.”
Among their findings: almost 18% of workers had been recruited by their current employer or a recruiter working on their behalf, and that’s the highest it has been in 30 years.
If you’re looking for exceptional candidates to help your business scale, the Recruitment Team in GO-VA would be happy to assist. Message me here!
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What’s the best advice another business leader or mentor has shared with you about encouraging openness in your team?
One of the many opportunities I am thankful for this year was the chance to have a conversation with Adrian Ding, who is a motivational speaker and CEO (Chief Empowering Officer) of a leadership training business in the Philippines.
This is Day 2 of my 12 Days of Gratitude challenge.
The pandemic stopped us from having a big celebration of GO-VA’s 6th anniversary last May. We won’t let it stop us from choosing to be grateful for each day of this entire journey.
For about 9 weeks in late March to the end of May 2020, a strict lockdown was in place in Cebu. While some businesses like export and IT-enabled services were allowed to keep operatingーsomething we are grateful for in the GO-VA tribeーenhanced community quarantine (ECQ) made it very difficult to cross from one city to the next.
Over a 6-week period last summer, our developers designed and built a remote video support software (quicklook.to), so businesses could provide support even if they couldn’t make site visits yet.
Who would gain from this? Well, for starters, repairs and maintenance teams, rescue services, builders, inspection teams, and health care providers.
What a difference a combination of skills, teamwork, and determination makes. That’s what I am grateful for on Day 12 of my #12DaysOfGratitude challenge.
As the http://www.go-va.com.au tribe’s holiday break starts today, I am reminded of our Discover You lunch last 6 November. The tribe was asked: “How do you recharge?” Their answers ranged from biking to baking to babysitting to sleeping. (“Coffee!” was one comment that turned up in the chat box. Someone quickly answered, “Wine!”)
Going for walks (with masks on, of course) has helped. So has setting up alerts to remind me to drink water often and stay hydrated.
What tactics have helped you recharge this year?
