I’m thinking of one business unit within a client organization which needs to clarify how to work as a team. This company has multiple offices; because of acquisitions and mergers, these offices house different functional units – one office focuses on business development, another on production, a third on support services. The employees at each of these geographically disperse locations need to better understand how to work as a team at their particular sites, the offices need to know how to work as a team and the business unit manager needs to know how to provide these teams leadership. Where to start?
Teams are not work groups or committees. The individuals within these teams, and the teams themselves, need information and structure so that they can effectively concentrate on and accomplish the task at hand.
KNOW WHAT TEAMS NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. Then help the team answer these 5 Simple (but not simplistic) Questions:
We’ve once again been privileged to be part of Camp Dream Street in Utica, MS. This camp serves special needs campers at no cost to them and truly changes lives.
See the video below for some clips from Great Expectations experience on the Alpine Tower. Great Expectations is the program for the oldest campers, and they structure a lot of it themselves.
Although the video quality is variable (to say the least), I hope it conveys the wonderful spirit that these folks bring to the challenge. They absolutely went for it and supported each other all the way. Thanks also to Cole Silverman, Nadav Herman, Lauren Shapero and others who supported us.
For more information about Dream Street in Mississippi and how you can support their efforts, go to http://dreamstreetms.org.
Way to go, GE!
