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[Mid-week slump post] Tell me you care about team health w/o telling me you care about team health

Christine P. Dela Rosa
Atlassian Team
Atlassian Team members are employees working across the company in a wide variety of roles.
September 21, 2021

Tell me you care about team health w/o telling me you care about team health.

What does that mean? I'd love to know fictitious or real life examples that demonstrate that someone cares about their team's health. It could be a made-up conversation or a conversation that happened in real life, a behavior, a photo taken, etc.

This is an explanation of how the game works - https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tell-me-without-telling-me.

Here we go!

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Christine P. Dela Rosa
Atlassian Team
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September 21, 2021
  • Teammate: I'm sorry I'm late, I was running from another meeting.
  • Meeting facilitator: we've got a lot to cover, but now that we're all here, we can begin.
  • Me: but more importantly, how is everyone doing? Shall we take a deep breath together?
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Hansni Bhagani
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September 21, 2021

Not scheduling wellness webinars for remote staff during lunchtime.... lunchtimes are for lunch!

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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 21, 2021

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John Funk
Community Champion
September 22, 2021

Me: I have noticed you are sending a lot of emails after hours. Are you needing feedback that quickly? 

Teammate: No, was just bored at home and trying to clear my In Box. 

My teammate got the hint.  :-)

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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 22, 2021

I'm only starting to utilize this, but scheduling emails during less traditional work hours helps folks not get all the pings on say...a weekend. I feel that!

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Dharma Ramos
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September 22, 2021

I am going to flip it, a teammate does this. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy, so I have now started to do it as well. 

  • Teammate: *schedules a one one one meeting with me
  • Teammate: *at start of said meeting, "is now still a good time?"
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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 22, 2021

It's that "always checking in" mentality. I love it.

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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 22, 2021

Meeting screen grab. That's my post.

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Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__
Community Champion
September 22, 2021

It is not funny, nor sophisticated but that's what came to my mind first :D

  • me: I'm gonna be in the office next Tuesday and booked a table in the restaurant for 10 people to have a lunch, who will join us?
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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 23, 2021

How inclusive and welcoming. Personally, I appreciate those messages.

Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__
Community Champion
September 22, 2021

And one quite funny (I hope)

  • partially fictious:
    • me on week's sync meeting: hey guys, are there at least 3 people who experienced something positive in past week?
    • teammates: "silence"... I guess you know it :D
    • me: ok John (name was changed), don't tell me you didn't grill some beef this week
    • John: 2 minutes of talking about his cooking experiences
    • me: ok and what about you Suzie (name and sex was changed too :D), what about the party last Saturday? Any highlights?
    • Suzie: thanks for asking, I don't have any because I drank so much... I won't drink alcohol anymore
    • Carl: you promised it a month ago
  • reality: my teammates are always surprised that I'm asking for week's highlights on Friday but sometimes it is a great talk to energize our last week's meeting
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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 23, 2021

Asking about each other can mean investment in each other. Love it.

Also, I like the personal updates that transform into educational side tangents. Like, kind of really love them. =D

Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__
Community Champion
September 23, 2021

Thank you :)

Brittany Joiner
Community Champion
September 23, 2021

My co-worker commented on how frustrating it is to end the year with leftover sick days, so he makes sure to use them on days he's feeling blah instead of trying to push through.

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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 24, 2021

Great to reinforce regardless all-year-long. Sick days aren't just for emergency days, absolutely!

Anita Kalmane
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September 24, 2021

A colleague sent an email saying he'll be leaving the company, but happy to catch up beforehand.

So I said 'let's have an online coffee'

He 'Sure, but I'll be on holiday, please send an invite to my private email'

Me 'I'm not gonna bother you during your holiday! Let's catch up when you're back, on LinkedIN'

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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 24, 2021

Yes, vacays are vacays. Great move in respecting boundaries!

Esme Crutchley
Community Champion
September 24, 2021

Asking my VA to work in 1-hr blocks with an hour off between each one (for puppy cuddles, stretching, food & drink)

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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 24, 2021

Best and cutest reasons to alternate blocks. There should be a superlative award for this!

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nina_schmidt
Community Champion
September 26, 2021

Leaving Post-it Stickers with nice words on the co-workers desks to welcome them back at the Office — leaving a hint to our refilled sweet tooth box 

online/ offline: coffee chat as first thing on Monday mornings to check how they are doing and if they need to switch any meetings or task because of some private needs (kindergarten closing time e.g.) 

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Christine P. Dela Rosa
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September 26, 2021

The post-it example is so sweet because everything is digital now. 

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Sedera Randria
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October 4, 2021

Agree to a break when meetings are too long and encourage people to get up, move around, etc.

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