{"id":2630,"date":"2022-11-03T12:19:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2022-11-03T14:11:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T20:11:37","slug":"3-cs-guides-celebrating-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/blog\/2022\/11\/03\/3-cs-guides-celebrating-colleagues\/","title":{"rendered":"3Cs Guides: Celebrating Colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The college\u2019s work to nurture a culture of Collaboration, Connection &amp; Caring (3Cs) continues with training resources and guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developed from the combined expertise and insights of the Spring 2022 3Cs Learning Community and in response to requests from the 2021 and 2022 3Cs Roundtables, these guides offer support and action steps you can take to demonstrate 3Cs in your daily work at the college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second of these guides is called \u201cCelebrating Colleagues.\u201d This guide provides information that can help you create a caring, positive environment by sharing appreciation for your coworkers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you choose to celebrate someone, it is important to understand that individuals have unique preferences in regard to how, where, and with whom they are comfortable celebrating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When should you celebrate?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>When it\u2019s a first win, including new hires and anyone with new responsibilities or challenges. \u200d<\/li><li>When it\u2019s made a difference to someone else. \u200dAcknowledge moments when employees support one another.<\/li><li>When their actions advance the values and mission of the college. \u200d<\/li><li>When their work is truly exceptional.&nbsp;<\/li><li>When their work includes a diversity of voices and input.&nbsp;<\/li><li>When their work has been consistently good.<\/li><li>On a special occasion, like a birthday or work anniversary.<\/li><li>Join in when you hear someone else celebrating a colleague.<\/li><li>Be generous with your compliments and celebrate your colleagues often.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How should you celebrate?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Walk over to your coworkers and tell them in person that you are impressed by their work or to commemorate a particular day.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Create a wall on Padlet for each month of the year and list each member\u2019s name and birthday. Publish a monthly reminder for everyone to log in and comment.<\/li><li>Send a \u201cthank you\u201d email to a colleague and copy their supervisor to acknowledge their hard work and contributions.<\/li><li>Send an email to the team highlighting the person\u2019s accomplishment. Make sure to include their supervisor on these as well.<\/li><li>Set aside a few minutes in regular team meetings for shoutouts.<\/li><li>Create a shoutout board to share anonymous \u201cgood work\u201d notes. It could be in any communal space like a break room or copy room. You could also create an electronic shoutout board on a communal website like FacStaff Info Hub or on Workday.<\/li><li>Drop anonymous kudos into mailboxes.<\/li><li>Send a thoughtful email or card. Take the time to think about how the person impacted you and share that.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Nominate someone for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/offices\/human-resources\/programs-and-initiatives\/riverbats-employee-bravo-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Bravo Award<\/strong><\/a>. Make it a common occurrence. Include winner images on the Workday landing page and list them in association newsletters.<\/li><li>Create a team ID badge, pin, or sticker to give when doing good work or complemented by a colleague.<\/li><li>Decorate the person\u2019s door or desk, or hang a printable banner above their workspace.<\/li><li>Offer some perks. Is there a pair of noise-canceling headphones they\u2019ve been dying to borrow from you or a shared office snack that always gets snatched up fast? If there\u2019s a way for you to sacrifice today \u2014 like giving up a needed conference room space \u2014 do it.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Offer to help a colleague to show your gratitude and make their day a little less stressful. Take care of a few of the tasks they hate doing.<\/li><li>Write the colleague a LinkedIn recommendation. This shows that you respect this person as a colleague and want to see them continue to succeed. It\u2019s also awesome because it\u2019s something that most people feel uncomfortable asking for but appreciate when offered.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information and resources, view the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/collaboration-connection-and-caring-3cs\/resources-training\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>3Cs Guides<\/strong><\/a>. For all information about the 3Cs work happening at ACC, visit the<strong> <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/collaboration-connection-and-caring-3cs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>3Cs informational website on the FacStaff Info Hub<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The college\u2019s work to nurture a culture of Collaboration, Connection &amp; Caring (3Cs) continues with training resources and guides. 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