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World Mental Health Day: Prioritizing Workplace Wellbeing
by SoulfullyAButterfly
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 September 1st
...See more Hi everyone, The 2024 World Mental Health Day theme is Mental Health at Work: It is time to prioritize mental health in the workplace. Some of our admins and ambassadors have shared helpful tips on how to prioritize workplace wellbeing and I will be sharing them in this thread!  Have a reflection about these tips or want to share your own? Feel welcome to join the discussion by replying to this thread.
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Work Prompt #20: What is teamwork for you?
by ASilentObserver
Last post
 September 1st
...See more Welcome back all, I hope you are all taking it easy on yourself at work this week. A few weeks ago we discussed: What is one question that might be bothering you? [https://www.7cups.com/forum/career/General_2503/WorkPrompt19Whatisonequestionthatmightbebotheringyou_330706/]  Thank you to all who participated and shared their thoughts for discussion. I enjoyed them. I hope you all did too. If you didn't share yours, please share them here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/career/General_2503/WorkPrompt19Whatisonequestionthatmightbebotheringyou_330706/] and I look forward to reading and discussing them with you. This week's prompt: What is teamwork for you? What role does teamwork play in your workplace? This discussion is focused on what is teamwork and how it works out for you. The goal is to discuss and share our thoughts, views, and how we want the teamwork to be. Let's share to discuss I look forward to hearing and discussing with you all. 
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Work & Career Automated Taglist!
by tommy
Last post
 August 18th, 2024
...See more Welcome to the Work & Career Taglist This thread is an auto-updating list. The list is regularly updated by forum leaders and can be found below. Having issues? Reply below and someone will help you! Why should I join the taglist? ✔ Never miss out on sub-community check-ins, discussions or events ✔ Get tagged and notified by community leaders whenever a new relevant thread has been posted ✔ Become a more active member of the community. What do I need to do? ✅ To add yourself to this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please add me. ❌ To remove yourself from this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please remove me. ------------------------- Current taglist as of 18 August 2024 (updated by @tommy) @bubblegumwings1234 @CyclingThroughLife @daydreammemories @ImpudentIncognito @IsayUncle @KristenHR @nordurnStar @sky2Ocean20 @Sunisshiningandsoareyou @tommy @trueconfidant123 @warmheartedCamp3360
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Fruit Analogies - writing job applications 🍉
by JasGab200519970
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 March 15th
...See more 🍇🍉❤️❤️❤️🍉❤️🍓❤️❤️🍉❤️❤️❤️🍇 There are plenty of fruits you can pick out of a tree. Mango, pomegranate, apple, lemon, cherry, grapes, avocado. The list is endless. Let’s think about job applications and relate them to fruit analogies. Mango - This reflects the juice in what you write. Is your written work have a lot of flesh in it? Does it hit th senses and tailor to diversity? Pomegranate - This is a compact fruit. Do you like lining things up in structure? One important point after the other? Apple - An apple has its core. Do all of your points reflect back to your central argument? If you say you are innovative does this hone into problem-solving skills? Lemon: Is there a zest to what to write? Do you write with enthusiasm? Can the reader notice your personality or is there a disconnect?  Cherry- Cherry is a two in one. When two points are expressed together does the mind go “Boom, cherry bomb!?” For example , if I say I have good team working skills and this goes hand in hand with empathy is that point made  clear. General example - I advocated for a team member when she felt isolated in a group dynamic. I used a person-centred approach validating her feelings and asking her how she sees herself. In practice I noticed she learnt to stand up for herself better highlighting I can encourage others to advocate for themselves.  Grapes - Grapes they can come in many shapes and sizes. They all want to handstand at the same time. Good communication skills for example come in many different ways and one cannot exist without the other. Good communication skills cannnot exist worth our good time-management, organisation, empathy, responsibility, openess, trust, interpersonal skills, clarity, good social skills. Communication at its best is when the goals are clear and you question your motivation and intention behind asking. Getting feedback from others too can be important - you may choose someone more senior to you, or someone who will be not biased towards you and want you to grow.  Avocado - This fruit is hard on the outside and soft in the inside. Everyone has had their “ouch” moments in life. What is yours? Someone has said something hurtful to you - you can either hit back or respond with sensitivity. Here you can speak about the time you failed at something but frame it positively. Maybe  you disagreed with a team member and now you can say what your reflections are - how did that relationship improve? What are yo ur reflections? Did you change your approach to them?  What do you choose and why? Pick a maximum of four fruits. 🍇🍉❤️❤️❤️🍉❤️🍓❤️❤️🍉❤️❤️❤️🍇
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Working styles and their values ❤️🤍
by GoldenRuleJG
Last post
 June 25th, 2025
...See more Good afternoon all, I’ve personally enjoyed my time reading through Andrew Eriksons book named Surrounded by Setbacks. What particularly was interesting to me was the DISC model and how it was broken down in simpler terms to understand approaches to various situations in terms of colour.  This resource shares about motivations, intentions, aims and goals coupled with the responses and working styles of individuals. It’s about working to each individuals strengths which I love. We can all fall under each of these categories from time to time depending on the context and situation.  So what’s the point in this resource?  It’s to show that individuals don’t need to be exactly the same to work well together. You can use this resource to approach interviews, analyse interviewees. You can ask yourself why was I more practical in this context vs this context. ❤️💛🤍💚❤️💛🤍💚❤️
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Work & Career Automated Taglist!
by tommy
Last post
 August 18th, 2024
...See more Welcome to the Work & Career Taglist This thread is an auto-updating list. The list is regularly updated by forum leaders and can be found below. Having issues? Reply below and someone will help you! Why should I join the taglist? ✔ Never miss out on sub-community check-ins, discussions or events ✔ Get tagged and notified by community leaders whenever a new relevant thread has been posted ✔ Become a more active member of the community. What do I need to do? ✅ To add yourself to this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please add me. ❌ To remove yourself from this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please remove me. ------------------------- Current taglist as of 18 August 2024 (updated by @tommy) @bubblegumwings1234 @CyclingThroughLife @daydreammemories @ImpudentIncognito @IsayUncle @KristenHR @nordurnStar @sky2Ocean20 @Sunisshiningandsoareyou @tommy @trueconfidant123 @warmheartedCamp3360
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Holiday Preparation
by CyclingThroughLife
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 November 6th, 2023
...See more Happy November.  Here in the US, this is the time we start to prepare for our Thanksgiving and thinking about Christmas through out the world.  A time to spend with family and friends, close out the current year and get ready for new adventures in the upcoming year.  Sometimes, having to work during this time of year makes it hard on a lot of us.  Having to work on Holidays isn't fun for anyone.  Business models vary depending on the type of job and workplace environment. Some places are very family friendly while others not so much.  With the Holidays coming up, some work places slow down to give their employees time to spend with family.  Others, like retail, amp up and require extra staff and hours, making the time more stressful for its staff.  Lets share ideas and ways to make this holiday season as stress free as possible in the workplace. What does your place of employment do to prepare for the Holidays, if anything? Does this time of year cause you more stress at work?  What ideas or tips can you share with us regarding working during this season, that help keep you happy and stress free? @CyclingThroughLife @ImpudentIncognito @KristenHR @Sunisshiningandsoareyou @tommy @trueconfidant123 @warmheartedCamp3360
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Money or Satisfaction?
by tommy
Last post
 July 31st, 2023
...See more What do you think is more important: job satisfaction or its salary?
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Describe your day in one word...
by tommy
Last post
 June 21st, 2023
...See more Can you describe your day in one word? If you'd like to then you can give a reason for that picking specific word!

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