Reach out to everybody, and either while you’re all on Zoom in a team meeting or prep them in advance, or do it by email or Slack. Say to them, I spy something meaningful in your office. Tell me about one thing. Show it to me. Tell me one thing in your office that has special meaning to you and why you keep it near you during the workday.
I think you’re going to learn some fascinating things about your employees. And start it off by sharing something that you keep in your office that is near and dear to you. That’s very meaningful. Try and avoid the cliche of it’s a picture of my family or something like that. Find something that is going to reveal something about you that maybe they didn’t know, or they didn’t know was as important to you as it is. But set the tone and then invite them to share as well.
I think it’s a great way to close out the year. Connect with everybody. Get to know everybody a little bit better, and share a little of yourselves with each other.
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Hey, everybody. Drew McLellan here from Agency Management Institute this week coming to you from my home office in Denver, Colorado.
You know, this summer, Danyel and I bought a house that was only half constructed. And one of the rooms that was not done, it was just framed, was what is now my office. And so we finally got this part of the house done. And I'm moving in. And as I've been unpacking all of my office stuff, which has been in boxes for the better part of a year now, since we moved in, I'm sort of rediscovering the things that I surround myself with. So it gave me an idea. I think one of the fun things to do this holiday season as we're looking for new ways to create culture and connection with our team, even though we may not work in the same office like we used to is to play the game I Spy.
So here's my suggestion. Reach out to everybody, and either while you're all on Zoom in a team meeting or prep them in advance, or do it by email or slack. Say to them, I spy something meaningful in your office. Tell me about one thing. Show it to me. Tell me one thing in your office that has special meaning to you and why you keep it near you during the workday. I think you're going to learn some fascinating things about your employees. And start it off by sharing something that you keep in your office that is near and dear to you. That's very meaningful.
Try and avoid the cliche of it's a picture of my family or something like that. Find something that is going to reveal something about you that maybe they didn't know, or they didn't know was as important to you as it is. But set the tone and then invite them to share as well. I think it's a great way to close out the year. Connect with everybody. Get to know everybody a little bit better, and share a little of yourselves with each other. All right? So no heavy message this week. Just an idea for a holiday culture connection.
