Courage Hackathons

Yesterday we promised you a few hands-on tips on how to tackle “the fears” aka Impression Management. There’s a lot of chatter about the importance of healthy team dynamic and Psychological Safety in these times but little in the way of suggested action and we know that is because people know in their hearts of hearts it matters, but most have no way to measure it or improve it in any way and the fact that our software’s dashboard allows us to see clearly how the team feels, is a luxury many don’t have. So for those of us who can’t see the Impression Management Alerts in the Dashboard or when indicators like Courage or Speaking Up drop like we can, here are two ideas of things to do anyhow.

In this video you’ll find:

https://youtu.be/ZZrJDMjmo10

“The Courage Hackathon” (which includes Courage Stories; a “Permission Slip Passing” Exercise and a “Vulnerability Pledge”); and

“The Catch Yourself Counter”

To do either of these, you first have to spend time telling the team what it is all about and get them on board and invested in the team action - here’s a list of some of our other resources on the topic that you can use to present the topic and reach the minds and hearts of your team before doing the actions suggested above:

Impression Management - What is it? - Video

Courage and Openness (Speaking Up) - Video

Setting Team Actions - Video

How to Organise a Team B!tch Fest - Video

How to Do a Team Re-Launch - Video

Teams That Re-Launch Together - Perform Together - Article 

Ignore Impression Management at your Own Peril - Article

Impression Management Won’t Help You Keep Your Job - Article 

Taking Courage From Empty Rhetoric To Actionable Wins - Article 

What Are You Afraid Of? - Impression Management - Article 

Impression Management and Looking Good to Be Safe - Article

Leaders Need an Impression Management Detox - Article 

Psychological Safety and Impression Management - Article

We’re working on a playbook for users of our software as well as on a certification for coaches who want to learn how to make the best use of it, so get in touch and we’ll happily tell you more about both of those projects. Also, write to us with ideas of what YOUR team has done to reduce impression management and stop “the fears” as we need all the stories we can get to win.  

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Don't send your teams home with a laptop, a Jira and Slack account and a prayer!

Get in touch for our Team Psychological Safety Dashboard and our Stay-Connected-When-Remote question pack at www.psychologicalsafety.works/covid-19 or reach out at [email protected] and let's help your team become healthy, happy and highly performant.