Celebrate the Big Stuff and the Small Stuff

Apr 11

Someone asked me recently what some of my accomplishments of the last quarter were. I should've anticipated the question and been prepared for it, but my brain went blank as I tried to recall the last 3 months. Have I been properly recognizing my successes? I think the answer is mostly yes--I just don't want to keep score.

Celebrating your own success is good (my favorite: fancy dinner with friends). Celebrating others' successes is even better (I like to surprise people with gifts). A promotion, a company anniversary, the effort it took to come to the office when things are hard--there are lots of opportunities to acknowledge and celebrate others. I'm not the only one who thinks so:

How do you recognize your accomplishments? Other's achievements?

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Allison Pollard

Allison Pollard is a coach, consultant, and trainer who brings the power of relationship systems intelligence to go beyond tasks, roles, and frameworks to create energy for change. She engages with people and teams in a down-to-earth way to build trust and listen for signals to help them learn more and improve. Allison focuses on creating alignment and connection for people to solve business problems together. Her experience includes working with teams and leaders in energy, retail, financial, real estate, and transportation industries to help improve their project/product delivery and culture. Allison currently volunteers as program director for Women in Agile’s mentorship program. Her agile community focus is championing new voices and amplifying women as mentors and sponsors for the next generation of leaders. Allison earned her bachelor’s degrees in computer science, mathematics, and English from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), a foodie, and proud glasses wearer. Allison is a prolific speaker at professional groups and international conferences, including Scrum Gatherings and the Agile Alliance Agile20xx conferences. Allison is co-owner of Helping Improve LLC.

http://www.allisonpollard.com

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