Vanessa Yu Transformative Coaching

Besides making money, most people come to work to contribute and make a difference.

Yes, to make a difference.

Help your teams know their purpose so that they can make a difference.

Purpose provides the energy to overcome problems so that they can make a difference.

How can you do this?

Leaders, ask your team, "What is our common, compelling purpose as a team?"

Get your team to reflect on their own purpose and share it.

Yes, they need to share it.

Then ask them, "Why do you come to work everyday? What brings the most satisfaction?"

Have them share this out loud.

Then ask,
"What are we here to do together? How would your talent, strengths, and values offer to what we are doing together?"

This conversation brings in trust and safety, belonging, teamwork, team building, motivation, empowerment, and brilliant ideas!

Give it a try at your next team meeting.

I went on a women’s leadership retreat in Mendocino, CA. I was not the facilitator but a participant who got to rest, reflect, open, share, support, and re-center on what’s most important to me. There were no leadership tools for better boss lady presence, or how to market your business or organization, or how to give and receive feedback or grow people….but how to take care of yourself, how to make space to lead, finding margin to do all that’s important, tapping into creativity, nature, movement, deep breathing, sisterhood, compassion, being human and real. I was with strangers and by the end, we were women supporting one another with tears, laughs and adventures. It was powerful. First photo is with the 2 amazing coaches/facilitators. I learned a lot from them. We kayaked the Pacific Ocean and navigated sea caves, we hiked while considering our strengths and collecting items from nature that reflected our strengths. Cannot wait to host my own leadership retreat soon enough!