Monthly favourites — October 2024
On teams that work well together, and raising happy, resilient children (and adults).
| 🎧 | How to design teams that don’t suck |
| 📖 | The Whole Brain Child |
Listening to 🎧
How to design teams that don’t suck (podcast episode)
Jess: This episode (38min) of WorkLife proposed that the best teams in the workplace have a few qualities:
Ideally all team members are 'launched' at the same time, with the most benefits coming from shared experience (rather than individual member skills)
Given a clear vision and purpose, maybe including a common enemy!
Encouraged to discuss their communication needs and how they'll work together
Problems are resolved at a team level where possible, rather than individual coaching
Reading 📖
The Whole Brain Child (book)
Jess: It's funny how everything I'm learning about parenting seems just as relevant to adults. In today's example, The Whole Brain Child outlines 12 science-based strategies to raise a happy, resilient child.
My takeaways so far:
Conflict and sadness are unavoidable
Rather than try to distract from difficult emotions, normalise and allow them to exist
Every conflict is an opportunity to connect and repair
Often our body can help us regulate our emotions
Honestly, taking all of this advice for myself.
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