start, stop, continue
A simple teamwork exercise I picked up over the years is consists of listing three things the team should do under each of the following categories: START, STOP, CONTINUE.
What should the team START doing that will improve teamwork? What should the team STOP doing that is destructive? What is the team doing right now that it should CONTINUE to do?
The best thing about this exercise is that it cuts right to the core -- no equivocating, no sugar-coating or no drama -- just simply fill in the damn form!
The most effective diagnosis aften tend tend to be the most straight forward and this one is no exception. Also as in most cases, these types of exercises can be applied to personal life as well.
It's absurd how we clutter our minds with so much junk that such simple and basic logic sounds refreshingly, well, fresh. That 'junk' which prevents a clear diagnosis of one's life also infiltrates out emotions -- how difficult is it for a lot of people to face up to what really makes them happy at the core? Expectations set by culture (bigger, better, more!) and sometimes even by those who claim to love you (success, stability, achieve!) really screwed up a lot of people to a point where happy (the real kind) is often associated with an absurd sense of guilt. I'm no exception.
Being sick in a hotel at a client site sucks. It's like being sick in a stranger's house, and you feel bad for being sick there. I spent the whole day in bed with incessant sneezing and fever, and strangely, I cannot wait to get back to the office to avoid having to be sick in a hotel room in a strange city. I hope I'll discover something new to be happy about this whole consulting/IT thing in the office tomorrow.
What should the team START doing that will improve teamwork? What should the team STOP doing that is destructive? What is the team doing right now that it should CONTINUE to do?
The best thing about this exercise is that it cuts right to the core -- no equivocating, no sugar-coating or no drama -- just simply fill in the damn form!
The most effective diagnosis aften tend tend to be the most straight forward and this one is no exception. Also as in most cases, these types of exercises can be applied to personal life as well.
It's absurd how we clutter our minds with so much junk that such simple and basic logic sounds refreshingly, well, fresh. That 'junk' which prevents a clear diagnosis of one's life also infiltrates out emotions -- how difficult is it for a lot of people to face up to what really makes them happy at the core? Expectations set by culture (bigger, better, more!) and sometimes even by those who claim to love you (success, stability, achieve!) really screwed up a lot of people to a point where happy (the real kind) is often associated with an absurd sense of guilt. I'm no exception.
Being sick in a hotel at a client site sucks. It's like being sick in a stranger's house, and you feel bad for being sick there. I spent the whole day in bed with incessant sneezing and fever, and strangely, I cannot wait to get back to the office to avoid having to be sick in a hotel room in a strange city. I hope I'll discover something new to be happy about this whole consulting/IT thing in the office tomorrow.
posted by choongster at 9:27 PM
2 Comments:
There must be an epidemic since I was sick about the time you were sick too. Damn.
Now my roommates are sick as I'm recovering. Truly, the spring cannot come faster enough.
This is almost scary. I got sick last Wednesday, and while I didn't miss any work, I did go through close to a full box of Kleenex on Thursday...
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