One Bold Move A Day Shanna Hocking

How can you unlock your team's potential?

It all comes down to trust.

Trust is the foundation on which a thriving workplace culture is built.

Research shows having trust in your organization leads to increased engagement, innovation, and work outcomes.

Most organizations focus on building trust between managers and teams. Here's the thing: A recent study discovered a significant factor in building a high-performing team is trust between colleagues.

Cultivating trust at all levels of your organization is essential to having a high-performing team.

In this episode, I share strategies to help you build trust in all directions to develop your high-performing team.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and Bold Moves, so I can cheer you on. Drop me a line @ShannaAHocking on LinkedIn, Instagram, or my website - ShannaAHocking.com.

Podcast Music: Second Bedroom Studio

Your ability to get things done in the workplace plays an important role in your career advancement. Even as you grow your career and build your power at work, you may unconsciously do things that diminish your influence and authority. These missteps can include shying away from advocating for yourself, allowing a situation or person to influence your feelings, and putting other people’s priorities before your own. I learned the hard way in my career what it means to unintentionally give away your power and now I coach clients how to navigate these situations with strength and grace. The good news is that you can regain your power—and the first step is understanding how you may be negatively affecting your own success.

This episode share five things you may be doing that unintentionally give away your power at work and how to get it back.

This episode is based on an original piece I wrote for Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/90979534/these-5-unintentional-mistakes-sabotage-your-power-at-work

A well-designed onboarding process helps new employees acclimate to your organization, integrate into the company culture, and understand how to become an effective contributor - and it has direct connection to employee retention. This week's episode shares tips to create a meaningful onboarding process to welcome and support new your employees, whether you lead a team of two or 200. Drop me a line @ShannaAHocking on LinkedIn, Instagram, or my website - ShannaAHocking.com.

Congratulations, you had a terrific team retreat! You started your gathering with a Connection Moment to create optimism and community. From there, you and your team developed ambitious, strategic plans. Now you want to continue the momentum post-retreat, but you’re not sure what to do next. With some planning and intention, you can infuse the energy and community you created during your retreat into everyday work life to help your team feel motivated and engaged throughout the year.

This episode shares five ways to keep your team retreat energy going.

For more on the Connection Moment and my go-to strategy for starting your team gatherings, check out Episode 254.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and Bold Moves, so I can cheer you on. Drop me a line @ShannaAHocking on LinkedIn, Instagram, or my website - ShannaAHocking.com.

How you start a team gathering directly influences the outcomes. As you prepare the agenda for your next retreat, professional development session, or all-staff meeting, I encourage you to start your next gathering with what I call a Connection Moment.

A Connection Moment helps team members feel connected to their purpose and each other.

In this episode, I share three of my favorite Connection Moment exercises that I’ve relied on as a team leader for many years and now as a facilitator of retreats and workshops. Whether you lead a team of five, fifty, or five hundred, these can work for you, too.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and Bold Moves, so I can cheer you on. Drop me a line @ShannaAHocking on LinkedIn, Instagram, or my website - ShannaAHocking.com.

You have many opportunities in your daily life to choose to connect with someone new—but do you notice the moments? Here’s why you want to start paying closer attention: New research shows that your happiness and wellbeing are connected in part to the “weak ties” you have. “Weak ties” are the people you don’t have particularly strong relationships with, but you connect with in some shared capacity, like neighbors, a barista at the local coffee shop, or people you regularly see in a spin class. Research has often focused on how “weak ties” can help advance your career. A new study indicates that creating this network of acquaintances contributes to your sense of belonging, wellbeing, and access to opportunities.

I’ve built genuine relationships from a onetime conversation in a coffee shop, on a train platform, in a dress shop, and on social media, and I want to help you do that, too.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and Bold Moves, so I can cheer you on. Drop me a line @ShannaAHocking on LinkedIn, Instagram, or my website - ShannaAHocking.com.