FILLING BUCKETS

Published on Mar 08, 2018

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FILLING BUCKETS

Improving Morale One Team Member at a Time
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Hi, I'm Kristen.

I am sort of a human highlighter. With bangs.

WHO are YOU?

Share your name, expertise, and something you love to do.
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A Few Workplace Myths:

  • Leaders have the greatest affect on group morale
  • Everyone likes to be appreciated and encouraged the same ways
  • Focusing on weaknesses improves individual and group performance

In actuality:

  • Everyone can impact the morale of a group (so it is everyone's responsibility)
  • People speak different "languages" (and dialects) so appreciation should be tailored
  • Emphasizing peoples' strengths will boost morale and performance more than focusing on weaknesses

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing.
It makes what is excellent in others
belong to us as well."

-Voltaire

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POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

THE STUDY OF WHAT IS RIGHT ABOUT PEOPLE

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Before the "Bucket" part...

Some awesome nerdy stories that made me love this book.
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Gallup Research:

  • A Study in Nuns
  • Prisoners of War
  • Divorce Prediction
  • Any guesses?

94%

No kidding. From a fifteen minute overview.

"The Magic Ratio"
or the ratio of positive interactions to
negative interactions

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5:1

(with a ceiling of 13:1)

The Premise:

  • Everyone walks around with a metaphysical "bucket" and a "dipper"
  • We fill (or dip) from other people's buckets based on our positive or negative interactions with them
  • Filling other buckets in turn fills our own
  • People will full buckets are happier, healthier, and more productive (9 out 10)

What fills your bucket?

Introducing the Bucket Filling Interview
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Strategies for Increasing Positivity

  • Prevent bucket dipping
  • Shine a light on what is right
  • Make best friends
  • Give unexpectedly
  • Reverse the Golden Rule

SHARE YOUR IDEAS

How does your organization fill (or dip from) buckets?
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Stuff I have tried:

  • Meaningful trinkets
  • Intentional celebrations
  • Random experiences
  • Listening and remembering
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The Premise:

  • Introduces the concept of the 4 (5) languages of appreciation in the workplace
  • Helps you identify your primary and secondary languages
  • Outlines strategies for learning to speak others' languages ins order to improve personal and professional relationships

"Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival, to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated."

-Steven Covey

Yet most people don't.

Any guesses about what percent of workers feel unappreciated?
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70%

Sheesh. Gallup investigated this too.

Language of Appreciation:

  • Words of Affirmation
  • Quality Time
  • Acts of Service
  • Tangible Gifts
  • Appropriate Physical Touch

To be Effective:

  • Recognition and appreciation must be individualized and delivered personally
  • Appreciation must be viewed as valuable to the recipient

Don't miss the mark.

Each person wishes to receive recognition differently.

What about you?

What languages speak to you most at work?
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"Each of us wants to know that what are doing matters."

-Gary Chapman and Paul White
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What works?

Share your ideas for being multilingual.
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GRATITUDE

Let's try a 2 minute drill.
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Our Oprah Moment

You get one and you get one and you get one!
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To Summarize:

  • Be a filler not a dipper.
  • Everyone needs positive affirmation. Their way.
  • Gratitude is a habit.
  • You can lift the morale of your organization from any level.

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Kristen Partridge

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