Read Gravitude With Your Leadership Team: How to Facilitate Useful Discussions
If your organization is struggling with challenges like employee retention, disengagement, or quiet quitting, Gravitude can serve as a powerful tool to breathe new life into your workplace. By fostering gratitude, you can create a culture that supports the well-being of your employees and increases group morale, boosting overall productivity as a result.
In our previous blog, we talked about the benefits of your leadership team reading Gravitude together and covered practical ways to make the most of your reading group. Today, we are focusing on the discussion aspect of your reading group experience, and what kinds of questions the book includes for starting great conversations.
How to Facilitate Useful Discussions
Facilitating a discussion is more than just asking questions—it’s about creating a space where participants feel heard, valued, and engaged. It’s important to establish that the discussion is a judgment-free zone where all contributions are appreciated. This approach encourages openness and helps your team feel comfortable sharing their thoughts and experiences.
Another practice that can benefit your discussions is setting a clear goal at the start of each meeting. Are you looking to identify a new area of improvement in your workplace culture? Spark ideas for new initiatives? Reflect on your group morale? Whatever the objective, focusing on one or two key outcomes per meeting will keep the conversation meaningful and on track.
As we suggested in our previous blog, rotating facilitation responsibilities among team members is a great way to maintain engagement and ensure nobody has the burden of leading every meeting. To set group discussion leaders up for success, consider sharing this blog with them as a resource. A well-prepared facilitator can create an environment that fosters honest, impactful conversations.
What Kinds of Questions Can You Ask?
Facilitating engaging and meaningful discussions starts with asking the right questions. Open-ended questions that connect the content of Gravitude to your organization’s culture can be especially effective. To make things easier, the book’s Gravitude Reflections (located at the end of each chapter) provide excellent prompts for a group.
Here are some sample questions from Gravitude Reflections so you can get an idea:
Think of when you felt truly valued and appreciated at work. What specific actions or cultural elements contributed to this feeling? How did this experience impact your performance and job satisfaction?
Reflect on the role of leadership in shaping your company culture. How can your leadership demonstrate a commitment to valuing employees beyond mere productivity?
How might recent trends like the decline of job security and the rise of work mobility affect individual workers and workplace cultures? Discuss internal strategies for addressing these challenges to create a more grateful work environment.
Feel free to customize the questions in the book to align with your team’s unique goals or focus areas!
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To make the most of your group reading experience with your leadership team, make sure to set a goal for each meeting, ask open-ended questions, and ensure your discussions are a safe space for all perspectives. We can’t wait for you to experience the power of Gravitude at your organization.
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