How much silence do you encounter in the remote space every day? Many days can be a blur of back to back calls.

Incorporating what I call “The power of the pause” is an important element of remote work.

What can we do to make more of a pause during our calls?

• Provide people with a prompt they can explore during the call. If you are working on strengths it might be:  Take 2 minutes to reflect on the one strength you have been utilizing recently.
• Pick up a copy of the Digital Conversation Sparker Weekly Journaling Prompts – You’ll have immediate download to the more than 50 graphics. Use one for each call you have. I often give people 2-3 minutes of silence to write out what their insights are. Pick up a copy of them here - (currently $35 US with an immediate download)
• Provide a word prompt and have people write or draw whatever comes to mind
• Have group members mind map whatever comes to mind for them – 2 -3 minutes

These activities can often be more powerful when you then leave time for dialogue and conversation afterwards.

What do you want to do to leave some time for reflective pause?

What do you notice when you do leave time?

Best,
​Jennifer

Over the last few weeks I've been hosting a number of calls to support coaches in getting up to speed with, or accelerating their virtual work. Rather than create any new content this week, I wanted to direct you to what's available to tap into. I hope that you'll take a few minutes to check out these recordings of live calls I hosted a few weeks ago:

Monday March 16 – Trust and Connection in the Virtual and Remote Space. 
Tuesday – Resources to tap into with remote work
Wednesday – "Keep it simple" When working Virtually and In Complexity
Thursday – Visual Anchors
Friday – Remote Enablers - What helps remote work, work

Monday March 23 -Monday – Virtual Facilitation
Tuesday March 24 – Connection in the Virtual Space
Wednesday - no call as I was leading the Virtual Facilitation Essentials program
Thursday  - Virtual and Small Business/Coaching Business focus
Friday - Walk through and Effective Virtual Conversations

These calls were anywhere from 20-30 minutes in length. In some you'll notice community members who joined me and in others it's just me.

Enjoy and please pass on the link to my YouTube Channel so other coaches can also benefit from the series. 

I'll be continuing to offer complimentary support through the twice a month community calls which are open to anyone who would like to drop in. Save the dates (all calls are on Mondays from 11 - 1130 am ET):
Today - April 6 - In Focus: Strengths (for you, your team, your business)
April 13 - Design Hack - Join me for a 45 minute hands on session to breathe life into your next program
April 20 - Myths around Virtual and Remote Work and Teams

I look forward to continuing to serve you,
Jennifer

​Jennifer Britton - Potentials Realized
Author of PlanDoTrack (2019), Coaching Business Builder (2018), Effective Virtual Conversations (2017) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013). Pick up a copy of any of her books at Amazon.

Book Jennifer for a coaching session to explore productivity, teamwork and business issues.
​Contact her by phone at (416)996-8326

Instagram : @coachingbizbuilder & @remotepathways
Check out upcoming programs on our calendar - Virtual Facilitation, Group Coaching Training
Working remote? Listen into the Remote Pathways Podcast on your favorite podcast player!

This month, a wave of professionals, teams and organizations are having to move their work into the remote space, quickly! 
Coaching is one of the industries where remote work has been our norm for some time. In fact, as I started my business back in April 2004 I was happy that I could continue to have global impact but not having to travel as I had during my days of working for the United Nations.  Today, flexibility and global scale is what technology has allowed for my business to do. 
With this in mind, this month's 1BizStepADay series get s you thinking about your remote work processes, and systems. Whether you regularly work remote, or not, this month with the coronavirus impact, you may be finding that conversations are moving to the remote space. Be sure to check out the #Teams365 blog posts around remote work over at my main site, Potentials Realized.

Here are this month's prompts to support you into focused action(or prehaps a pause) around your work and business.  10-15 minutes a day is all it takes!

Download the March 2020 1BizStepADay series on Remote Work.

If you are interested in boosting your skills and confidence in leading virtual conversations of all types - virtual retreats, webinars, remote team sessions - consider joining us for the Virtual Facilitation Essentials program - five week session starts Monday March 2nd, and one day offerings are happening on the 1st Wednesday of each month, and added as requested. This program is approved for 8.5 CCEs.

Enjoy your reflections with is month's 1BizStepADay.
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton - GroupCoachingEssentials | Potentials Realized 
Instagram @CoachingBizBuilder
Join us for an upcoming ICF-CCE approved program including Group Coaching Essentials (8.75 CCEs), Advanced Group and Team Coaching Practicum (10 CCEs), the one day Virtual Facilitation Essentials program (8.5 CCES) or the PlanDoTrack Facilitator Training (24 CCEs). 
Author of Effective Group Coaching (2010), Coaching Business Builder (2018), Effective Virtual Conversations (2017) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013). Check out my author page on Amazon for all publications.
Email: info@potentialsrealized.com