To increase Doing My Best Work, 15Five recommends...

  • Regularly use the 15Five Check-in.

    Encourage managers and team members to regularly use the 15Five Check-in, i.e., at least once a month.

  • Ensure progress on meaningful work.

    Encourage People Ops/HR to include two standard questions in the 15Five Check-in, such as “Any wins you’d like to share?” and “Any challenges you’re facing?”, to regularly celebrate wins and remove roadblocks.

  • Set skills-based learning goals

    Encourage managers to help team members identify skills gaps and set skill-based self development objectives (learning goals) that can be tied back to their work.

  • Do less and obsess

    Encourage team members to set 2-3 priorities only in the Weekly Check-in. Do less and obsess.

  • Encourage help seeking

    Encourage People Ops/HR to implement Givitas and normalize asking for help.

  • Set personal learning goals

    Encourage team members to set personal, non-work related Self Development objectives (e.g., learn how to surf).

  • Encourage continuous growth and development

    Encourage People Ops/HR to conduct regular Best-Self Review™ for growth and development as well as 15Five’s Competency Assessments to identify areas of growth.

  • Set goals on monday: the fresh start effect

    Encourage team members to set priorities in the Check-in on Monday.

  • Encourage a personal growth mindset

    Encourage team members to schedule time to learn.

  • Increase flow by avoiding overwhelm

    Encourage team members to avoid overwhelm by assessing if objectives are too challenging. Adjust objectives accordingly.

  • Increase flow by avoiding boredom

    Encourage team members to avoid boredom by assessing if objectives are not challenging enough. Adjust objectives accordingly.

Additional resources

Objectives, Goals, and OKRs

Measure What Matters: OKRs The Simple Idea That Drives 10x Growth by John Doerr (2018)

High Output Management by Andy Grove (1995)

Personal Growth Mindset

Is it Time for a Personal Growth Mindset? by Scott Barry Kaufman

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck (2007)

Why Fostering a Growth Mindset in Organizations Matters by Delaney, Dweck, Murphy, Chatman, & Kray (2014)

The Potential Role of Mindsets in Unleashing Employee Engagement by Keating & Heslin (2015)

Transforming Performance Management with a Growth Mindset Approach by Derler, Sanders, & Steel (2019) 

Growth Mindset at Work: How Beliefs About the Nature of Talents and Abilities Shape Organizational Success by Romero

How Companies Can Profit From a Growth Mindset (2014)

Progress

The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer (2011)

Flow

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2008)

The Evolving Self: A Psychology For The Third Millennium by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2018)

Bigony, C. (2019). 15Five: Technology aligned to the science of thriving. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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