In this week’s Best Boss Take 5, Danny Ceballos shares a powerful question that should be part of every one-to-one supervision meeting: “What are we celebrating?” While it may seem like a simple or feel-good question, it plays a critical role in transforming conversations with your direct reports.
Here’s a breakdown:
- Mindset Shift: Starting the conversation with celebration changes the tone, fostering an engaged, productive, and forward-thinking atmosphere.
- Reinforces Accountability: Celebrating accomplishments emphasizes self-accountability, allowing team members to acknowledge their promises and commitments to themselves.
- Opens Doors to Feed Forward: Instead of focusing on feedback (what went wrong), “feed-forward” builds on the successes, leveraging momentum to propel further growth and improvement.
Starting your meetings with this question will help your team’s performance and motivation. Are you ready to give it a try? Let us know how it goes!
Missed the first two questions in this series? Here you go: