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Of their productivity, the quality of work they perform, the speed at which the work is performed, but also of how employees feel during the working day. It is generally known that the produc\u0005tivity and quality of work are in direct relati\u0005on to the atmosphere in the team. If team members are dissa\u0004tisfied, frustrated and unhappy at work, you cannot expect good results.
\nIt doesn\u2019t matter whether you are part of a smaller or larger collec\u0004tive, whether you work in a small, medium- sized enterprise or a large company, expectati\u0004ons on both sides are always the same, and, to a certain extent, the same rules apply \u2013 meeti\u0004ngs are definitely
\nan inevitable item. Therefore, you can always start using small tricks that will help you relax the atmosphere and show your colleagues how much you appreciate and value their work and dedica\u0004tion. In this regard, have you ever wondered how a personalized mee\u0005ting would look like? What does it mean? And how to organize it? Read our suggesti\u0004on in the text that follows.
Even business mee\u0004ngs can be adapted to the measures, desires and interests of the participants. It takes only a li\ble \u0004me, pati\u0004ence, imaginati\u0004on and good communica\u0004tion with employees. Of course, every business mee\u0004ting has per-determined topics and points to be discussed. And of course, it\u2019s not an idea that the meeti\u0004ng, because of personalizati\u0004on, completely loses its meaning. But small modificati\u0004ons can make great results!
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Make a plan so that everyone parti\u0005cipates
\nFirst, you need to make a mee\u0005ting plan and select topics to discuss. If you are employed with a large company, and you are not in a posi\u0004tion to talk to just about every employee, it is our recommendati\u0004on to create addi\u0004tional questi\u0004ons and make a ques\u0004tionnaire for all who need to a\bend the mee\u0004ting, which you will send them a few days earlier. For example, if the topic of the annual meeti\u0004ng organiza\u0004tion is the organiza\u0004tion of a team building tour, you can offer them several op\u0004tions for the loca\u0004on in the ques\u0004tionnaire, ask them which type of team building ac\u0004vi\u0004es would best suit them, give them more op\u0004ons in the choice of restaurants, food (ask if there are vegetarians, vegans or whether someone is under fas\u0004ting), what kind of music they would like with evening informal gatherings. Of course, all offered op\u0004tions should be within the framework of a predetermined budget defined by the company for this purpose.
\nAnd even team building ac\u0005vi\u0005es can be par\u0005ally personalized. There are many examples of games that are included in this category, which are, in fact, of a personalized nature. Here\u2019s an example. One of the games can be the one in which team members guess who is the person in ques\u0004on while one reads to the group the characteris\u0004tics and the situa\u0004tion related to that person. It could be started from the most important characteris\u0004tics, like \u201cit\u2019s a male\u201d or \u201cit\u2019s a female\u201d. Further on, some specifici\u0004ties can be men\u0004tioned: \u201cWe know that he/she likes only strawberry ice cream\u201d, \u201ccoffee is always drunk without milk\u201d, \u201che/she is always smiling\u201d, \u201cnever late and takes care that others do not break the deadlines\u201d, \u201che/she is always ready
\nto help when necessary\u201d, etc. It\u2019s even possible to men- \u0004on the funny situati\u0004ons that have happened, and that colleagues have a\bended.
Let the beginning be fun
\nWould not it be fun to have a cup of coffee or tea with a name or nickname for everyone at the table at the beginning of the mee\u0004ting? Maybe a picture from some comical situati\u0004on that happened in the office earlier? Or the lapses that he/she once had, and by which the other colleagues will remember him/her? Each of us found ourselves once in such a situa\u0004tion ![\"\u263a\"](\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/263a.png\")
. For example, if an associate or colleague who does not work with you comes to your meeting\u0004, you can make badges with their name and surname and give it to them before the mee\u0004ting.
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Different can be better
\nIf you belong to a litt\ble more \u201cflexible\u201d companies or support a more relaxed atmosphere at work, you can schedule a meeti\u0005ng to begin at the convenience of the most colleagues, and not when they are usually scheduled \u2013 in the morning. And believe it or not, there are research conducted by psychologists, which shows us that meeti\u0004ngs at the end of working hours can be more fun than morning because people know they go home aft\u0006erwards. Plus, most are trying to complete all their obligati\u0004ons before the mee\u0004ting starts, so they are more produc\u0004tive on that day and do most of the work than usual!
\nYou can also give your colleagues the will to, for example, choose a chair on which they will sit. Someone has a comfortable regular office chair, and someone might rather sit on a hiker or a tripod. Somebody likes to sit next to the window, someone feels safer and more comfortable if they are close to the door. If you know the order of presenta\u0004tions during the
\nmee\u0004ting, you can even make slides in advance by announcing the next one to present with his/her name on it. And if you are crea\u0004tive, and you have a li\ble more \u0004me available, you can \u201cmake it a game\u201d to put in this slide some interes\u0004ting things about that person or some detail that the rest of the team binds to him/her.
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Take the opportunity to ask each of your colleagues that a\bend a mee\u0004ting whether they have
\nsomething to add or say, especially if it\u2019s a field in which they are professionals. They can give you valuable guidance, and they can point you to something that you accidentally forgot or overlooked. Certainly, this way you show that you care about someone else\u2019s opinion and that you are ready to hear the advice of colleagues and associates.
These are some of the recommendati\u0004ons that can serve you for the purpose of personalizing the mee\u0004tings. There are a lot of op\u0004tions, this subject just needs to be re-considered on. All this represents an investment in the team you are managing because, in the end, do not forget that the individual makes a team!
\nThe post An Individual Makes a Team! appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "It\u2019s not easy being a leader. In addition to the obligations you have in terms of coordination and delegation of work, you should also take care of employees.\nOf their productivity, the quality of work they perform, the speed at which the work is performed, but also of how employees feel during the working day. It is generally known that the produc\u0005tivity and quality of work are in direct relati\u0005on to the atmosphere in the team. If team members are dissa\u0004tisfied, frustrated and unhappy at work, you cannot expect good results.\nIt doesn\u2019t matter whether you are part of a smaller or larger collec\u0004tive, whether you work in a small, medium- sized enterprise or a large company, expectati\u0004ons on both sides are always the same, and, to a certain extent, the same rules apply \u2013 meeti\u0004ngs are definitely\nan inevitable item. Therefore, you can always start using small tricks that will help you relax the atmosphere and show your colleagues how much you appreciate and value their work and dedica\u0004tion. In this regard, have you ever wondered how a personalized mee\u0005ting would look like? What does it mean? And how to organize it? Read our suggesti\u0004on in the text that follows.\nEven business mee\u0004ngs can be adapted to the measures, desires and interests of the participants. It takes only a li\ble \u0004me, pati\u0004ence, imaginati\u0004on and good communica\u0004tion with employees. Of course, every business mee\u0004ting has per-determined topics and points to be discussed. And of course, it\u2019s not an idea that the meeti\u0004ng, because of personalizati\u0004on, completely loses its meaning. But small modificati\u0004ons can make great results!\n\nMake a plan so that everyone parti\u0005cipates\nFirst, you need to make a mee\u0005ting plan and select topics to discuss. If you are employed with a large company, and you are not in a posi\u0004tion to talk to just about every employee, it is our recommendati\u0004on to create addi\u0004tional questi\u0004ons and make a ques\u0004tionnaire for all who need to a\bend the mee\u0004ting, which you will send them a few days earlier. For example, if the topic of the annual meeti\u0004ng organiza\u0004tion is the organiza\u0004tion of a team building tour, you can offer them several op\u0004tions for the loca\u0004on in the ques\u0004tionnaire, ask them which type of team building ac\u0004vi\u0004es would best suit them, give them more op\u0004ons in the choice of restaurants, food (ask if there are vegetarians, vegans or whether someone is under fas\u0004ting), what kind of music they would like with evening informal gatherings. Of course, all offered op\u0004tions should be within the framework of a predetermined budget defined by the company for this purpose.\nAnd even team building ac\u0005vi\u0005es can be par\u0005ally personalized. There are many examples of games that are included in this category, which are, in fact, of a personalized nature. Here\u2019s an example. One of the games can be the one in which team members guess who is the person in ques\u0004on while one reads to the group the characteris\u0004tics and the situa\u0004tion related to that person. It could be started from the most important characteris\u0004tics, like \u201cit\u2019s a male\u201d or \u201cit\u2019s a female\u201d. Further on, some specifici\u0004ties can be men\u0004tioned: \u201cWe know that he/she likes only strawberry ice cream\u201d, \u201ccoffee is always drunk without milk\u201d, \u201che/she is always smiling\u201d, \u201cnever late and takes care that others do not break the deadlines\u201d, \u201che/she is always ready\nto help when necessary\u201d, etc. It\u2019s even possible to men- \u0004on the funny situati\u0004ons that have happened, and that colleagues have a\bended.\nLet the beginning be fun\nWould not it be fun to have a cup of coffee or tea with a name or nickname for everyone at the table at the beginning of the mee\u0004ting? Maybe a picture from some comical situati\u0004on that happened in the office earlier? Or the lapses that he/she once had, and by which the other colleagues will remember him/her? Each of us found ourselves once in such a situa\u0004tion . For example, if an associate or colleague who does not work with you comes to your meeting\u0004, you can make badges with their name and surname and give it to them before the mee\u0004ting.\n\nDifferent can be better\nIf you belong to a litt\ble more \u201cflexible\u201d companies or support a more relaxed atmosphere at work, you can schedule a meeti\u0005ng to begin at the convenience of the most colleagues, and not when they are usually scheduled \u2013 in the morning. And believe it or not, there are research conducted by psychologists, which shows us that meeti\u0004ngs at the end of working hours can be more fun than morning because people know they go home aft\u0006erwards. Plus, most are trying to complete all their obligati\u0004ons before the mee\u0004ting starts, so they are more produc\u0004tive on that day and do most of the work than usual!\nYou can also give your colleagues the will to, for example, choose a chair on which they will sit. Someone has a comfortable regular office chair, and someone might rather sit on a hiker or a tripod. Somebody likes to sit next to the window, someone feels safer and more comfortable if they are close to the door. If you know the order of presenta\u0004tions during the\nmee\u0004ting, you can even make slides in advance by announcing the next one to present with his/her name on it. And if you are crea\u0004tive, and you have a li\ble more \u0004me available, you can \u201cmake it a game\u201d to put in this slide some interes\u0004ting things about that person or some detail that the rest of the team binds to him/her.\n\nTake the opportunity to ask each of your colleagues that a\bend a mee\u0004ting whether they have\nsomething to add or say, especially if it\u2019s a field in which they are professionals. They can give you valuable guidance, and they can point you to something that you accidentally forgot or overlooked. Certainly, this way you show that you care about someone else\u2019s opinion and that you are ready to hear the advice of colleagues and associates.\nThese are some of the recommendati\u0004ons that can serve you for the purpose of personalizing the mee\u0004tings. There are a lot of op\u0004tions, this subject just needs to be re-considered on. All this represents an investment in the team you are managing because, in the end, do not forget that the individual makes a team!\nThe post An Individual Makes a Team! appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2018-07-18T13:02:12+02:00", "date_modified": "2018-07-18T13:02:12+02:00", "author": { "name": "Milica Novak", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/milicanovak/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Milica-Novak.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/naslovna-50.jpg", "tags": [ "an individual", "personalized meetings", "personalized team building activities", "Hot topics", "NEWS" ] } ] }