TALK-TEAM MOOD
What’s the mood tone of your team at work? Grumpy, frazzled, sad, apprehensive, glad? Teams who talk about moods consciously boost output. You, too, are a mood-maker or a mood-breaker. The choice is yours.
STRENGTHS WHICH SET THE MOOD OF AN A-1 TEAM
I worked with one team which acknowledged their individual and collective strengths. The following list illustrates how this loss-experienced team stood shoulder-to-shoulder to create the mood of their team. Talk-Team Mood demonstrated…
- Multiple personality expertise
- A “My door is half-open” vs. “My door is half-closed” attitude
- Multi-cultural appreciators
- Mentoring empowerment
- Being an informational hub
- That all people are unique Empathizer or Instigator communicators
- Role modeling positive attitudes during defeat
- Supporting others by allowing dumping of feelings without dumping on others
- Spreading around a Mood of Trust
- Humorous dedication…dedication to using humor to relieve stress
- Getting a grip on differing viewpoints without driving a wedge
- Problem-fixers and change-experts
- Minding the Mood Store…don’t spread around a bad mood like manure
- Being flexible dressers: Wear different hats during the day
- Being accomplishers who get the “to do” list (DO)NE
- How to make everyone on the team feel important
- How to help anyone up who has been knocked down
- Being great Calmers of Apprehensions
- Following the Fairness Doctrine (Do as I do, not as I say you should do.)
- Applying the Golden Rule
- Being fearless: Don’t fear change…March off the map into the unknown
- An atmosphere of encouragement to be A Bringer of Peace
- Guts galore: “I’ll go to bat for you.”
- Unifiers: “Let’s connect tunnels to the silos and not be so self-absorbed”
- How to Listen Up: Take the pulse…Listen…Put your listening ears on…Be flexible…Collaborate for change
- Going the extra mile with a smile on
- Volunteerism: A good work ethic
- Open-mindedness: “We’re just here to talk” attitude
- Who’s #1: “We’re all 1-team!”
- “Hands on” support for different types of people
- Provide supportive…safe…sacred space
- How to Navigate the Mood of The Organization
- Being a good sport: “I’ll be back…” movie impersonations
- Being People Lovers
- Being cultural integrationists
- “Less butt touches on chairs…” AKA don’t waste customer time
- Customer Focus: “Make it easy…quick…painless…appreciated”
- Ways to reduce friction and frustration wherever you go
- How to relieve disheartenment by spreading around a Mood of Hope
- Always using courtesy and respect, no matter what you’re getting back
- Valor: “We live these values because this is who we truly are.…”
- Simplification: Get back to what’s working when what you’re doing isn’t working
- Being a strong Pillar of Honest and Effective Communication
- Devotion
- Putting salve on a pervasive sense of loss and grief
Do you use strength-focused Mood Talk to make the best lemonade out of bad times that ordinarily put you in a sour mood? I’ll bet you do, using Mood Management Tools.
TEAM UP USING A GOOD MOOD
Team Drive is impacted by intersecting organizational issues such as:
► staffing
► budgetary constraints
► integration of departments
► effective communication regarding change
► mood
You can choose your mood. Mood spelled backwards spells D-O-O-M…but only if you allow it to.
Dr. Dennis O’Grady is a Dayton psychologist, family business consultant and marriage counselor. Dr. O’Grady can be reached at (937) 428-0724.