Christine P. Dela Rosa Atlassian Team

My ProTip: respond or react to when people share something personally in group chat messages, even if it's just a "wow" or "I didn't know that" level of a response. Those little things bring people together, especially in a space where it's scary to share something personal due to not seeing facial reactions.

Lol I thought the logic problem was the way someone praised you, but upon second read this makes so much more sense. Is the answer... taste two from two boxes? Because knowing what's in two boxes will tell you what the third is by process of elimination. 

Being sought out as a spar/thought partner is high praise because that means it's your thinking that's respected. I appreciate that note!

All will be revealed soon!

Favorite received When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' - Mr. Fred Rogers In my going-away event, someone recited this quote to me and said I was one of the helpers. I had no idea what behavior of mine she…

😂 Love this idea of familiar internal vs formal external titles! It's true that that makes a difference in how you're on teammates see you. 

I'm juuust starting to see collaborative playlists, and while I was doubtful at first, I actually think it's helping my (often overly-routined) self find new music. In the spirit of sharing, I like to find background music that doesn't make me want to karaoke so I don't stop working to jam. Once I find a good song, I play…

After consulting with @Kalee Williams and hearing from the Jira family team, "we're not aware of any use cases at the moment." But if you hear anything, defo keep us posted

Love this! So often do projects not go according to plan. So to keep momentum forward, I think finding the opportunities in the situation is a great communication strategy in delivering work news. Great reminder as there's practically some kind of unexpected news to deliver to the team every week!

Yes, intention is very rarely malicious and seeking first to understand is a lesson for in and out of the workplace!

Wowowow, @Walter Buggenhout! Fantastic insights based on a one-of-a-kind story!!! I wanted to call out a couple of takeaways from your takeaways (haha): * When you said your son couldn't continue the planning alone, I find that to be a positive application to the workplace. Ideally, we wouldn't manage something that…

Making sure that "all business talk" isn't my default. A simple "how are things going today" question goes a long way to demonstrating you see work friends as humans. Also, pinging them with a link or sharing a moment when you're thinking about them is always a nice feeling. It's the unprompted messages that move coworkers…

I'm nominating @Bill Sheboy for their response to the prompt: Share a moment when it occurred to you that you were on a healthy team. Bill mentioned a very strong indicator that you're on a healthy team that I often overlook because it's external to the team. Great share! I've attached their response as a screen grab here!

I love the personal story element of @Walter Buggenhout , demonstrating how what happens in the workplace is very parallel to what happens at home. Teamwork practices are everywhere! https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Teamwork-Lab-articles/Raising-a-teenager-setting-goals/ba-p/1867984 

You are welcome to nominate as many as you want, @Suvradip Paul ! :)

Evolving ways of working is the mindset everyone in this group aspires to maintain. You are very much in the right group :) As a moderator of the group, I'd love to hear about the kinds of posts you're interested in seeing. Let us know what you're looking for!

The nominations are open! https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Teamwork-Lab-questions/Nominate-and-vote-for-quot-best-of-the-Teamwork-Lab-November/qaq-p/1875283

It's so nice when other teams recognize the value of your team, because it's like a third party validating your team's importance.

The program is indeed still going on, @G subramanyam ! I’ll respond with more details via email :)

The price for admission for honest feedback is psychological safety. So if you're getting direct boundaries and feedback from your team, then it probably has at least one healthy dimension. Nice one, @Jenn Velázquez

When I was a teenager I had to hate it when other people gave me goals. I wished that my volleyball or track coaches let us pick the standard. I wished that our standardized tests didn't have minimum levels to prove ourselves. I wished that my parents didn't set so many expectations without my input. But did I make any for…

Appreciating each other (nods head profusely). It's the small stuff that regularly reinforces positive vibes between teammates. 

And vice versa as I think about Jim Collins' book "Good to Great" ;) But yes @M Amine I think that just getting in there and trying new things is going to help way more than not doing anything and waiting around for the perfect fix that may never come.

I love to see it, unprompted engagement! Especially from teammates who are so new to each other!

@Hakeem Olasupo - I forgot to ask! What are you looking to see in this group--what topics, what types of articles, etc? In other words, how can this group help you? Anything is possible if we know what others are seeking ;)

Agree, @Bill Sheboy . Providing value doesn't have to translate into being the keeper of information, but for those who don't know what value they bring to the group, the keeper of X is sometimes their defense. If folks see this happening, it might be helpful to unpacking everyone's role to surface value for everyone AND…

Joined the Atlassian Team Playbook squad because of my love for improving team practices and stayed because the tools make facilitating practices SO much easier. I legit don't know how to work for companies who don't use their tools as documentation + sharing + teaching + connecting. I'm basically ruined for 90% of the…

I'm hearing two things here: 1. Your team saw you and acknowledged how you were feeling. 2. They took it upon themselves to do something about it. #wholesome

:vigorousnodding: I've worked with people who treat information as a commodity, where they hoard info or try to stay at the top of the story leaderboard to make themselves more important. To share knowledge is to prioritize growth as a team over individual accolades. 

That's so true! There's a twice-monthly meeting that happens among our Creative team members here at Atlassian. It's easy to not join because the attendance list is so big and each meeting spotlights a team member (to learn about their life or a how-to they want to share). If you don't go, it probably won't slow down your…