Making Amends

When was the last time you were the cause of a conflict between you and your team members? What did it take to gather your courage and admit it?

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Strategies for Supporting Courageous Conversations

Conversations that “weigh us down” tend to be emotionally charged and therefore intimidating.

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Team Agreements Supports Courageous Conversations

A courageous conversation is when you speak up and express how you feel about issues that are weighing you down.

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Does Your Team have the Same Vision?

Start off with the question of what would a perfect day in my classroom or family care setting look like? What would I see or hear that would make it perfect? What would the environment look like?

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Does Your Team Have a Vision?

Highly effective teams have a clearly defined direction or vision. Like a road map, they are clear about the destination and what it looks like when they get there.

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What’s the Difference between a good team and a great team?

A Highly effective or great team will have two or more people with a higher sense of commitment towards the objectives or mutual purpose.

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What’s the Difference between a group and a team?

A group can have individuals with similar interests, attitudes and thought processes. They can be in the same room, working next to each other but not necessarily going in the same direction.

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