My father James Cardus died May 27, 2006…he was an educational leader for over 30 years. At his funeral I heard amazing stories about him, stories he never told me. What stood out about my fathers leadership was the small things he did for people;
The objectives for this project include;
Team members to have a common language of team development and leadership
Team members to see how personal accountability and team accountability fit into the organizational and project mission, values, and purpose.
Develop skill sets in 1. Effective behaviors of team membership 2. How to develop teams and team goals 3. How to lead those who are in charge of teams.
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This makes team building work – creating a shared context of language to open a dialog. Leading to life situations; leading to personal experiences; leading to shared context setting; leading to successes and continued learning.
Have you ever spoken to someone and politely listened, then when you leave not a word was understood? They were speaking in English (or the a language you understand) and what was said you just don’t understand. You would have been better off not talking to this person at all.
Why does that happen?
I had the absolute pleasure of serving Gamma Phi Beta from the University of Rochester New York. These ladies were smart, fun, dedicated and focused.
Developing skills in team building, effective listening & communication. With the outcomes of;
People’s awareness of the team and their own preferred style for communication and information sharing.
Getting to know others better.
Developing techniques and tools to openly discuss best practices and methods for personal as well as advancement within Gamma Phi Beta.
Strengthened bond and feeling of belonging of all Gamma Phi Beta Sisters.
Personal accountability steps for each person to take for the betterment of Gamma Phi Beta.
We get stuck in a self-imposed reflection of wondering what to do; and when we do something that moves us closer to defined goals we feel better. We know this…and every time we accomplish small tasks to get done – they build upon each other.
At the conclusion of this process the marketing team;
Decreased the amount of time to make a decision by creating a model and replicable method. This model was recognized by other department and is now being implemented across the organization.
Decisions are being made faster and costing less money, upon observation and interviews what used to take almost 3 months to be decided upon is now done within 1 to 2 weeks.
The majority of people support the decision made. People understand that each decision needs support and not necessarily total agreement.
Active listening and communication to peers, supervisors and direct reports.
What effect did the program have on you, and the team?
I think the exercises you used were very helpful for the long term interactions. I have on many occasions since the event pulled from the experience when determining how to approach someone and how to pull together a strategy internally to get a deadline or project completed.
Team Building Facilitators lead activities that add value to the organization, team and person. This is established and created through purposeful processing and de-briefing of the activities. Allowing for functional tie-backs and applications to work, life, the community, etc…
If you are just playing games and not processing and de-briefing the activities then you are a recreation director.