The outcomes from our Strategic Planning Time:
Develop thematic goals for the next 5 years;
Team building with the staff and faculty;
Create a shared history on successes and what got us to where we are;
Co-create a shared future and action steps to get to future goals
To get unstuck you need to do something different.
Organizations, teams, and people really want to do their best work.
In a workshop or consultation or coaching meeting we can create a system-that-drives the desired behaviors. BUT when people go back to their workplaces that’s when the real learning and system change takes place.
DTC operator continues to be one of my favorites for working with teams that feel stuck or just cannot move out of their own way to explore the system and problem in a different way. It allows people to work in extremes and through those extremes they see possibilities that felt silly or just wrong before.
Favorite Team Building & Leadership Blog Articles 2012
Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2012
Favorite Images Used in Workshops and Speeches 2012
Is this a metaphor for organization development, team building and managerial-leadership?
I think so…Sometimes the path of least resistance and limited friction works best.
Sometimes the need for effort and friction moves the organization, team and manager further.
“…complaints are sort of like subway tokens. That is, they get the person through the gate but that does not determine which train he or she will take, nor does it determine which stop he or she will use to get off. Where the person wants to go is not predetermined by where they start out.”
Under-employment is being caged or confined to do work that does not allow you to use your full capability ( Current-Actual-Capability ) within the tasks assigned. It is generally manifested through a person having “bigger ideas” and application of the work and seeing connections for improvement being told “That is not your job, stay in your area and do what you are told.”