Welcome to Partnerwerks Collaboratory for the week of July 5, 1999
In this issue:
1. 10-Second Collaboratory
2. Check It Out at http://www.partnerwerks.com
3. Integrate to Expansion. Expand to Integration
4. 5-Minute TeamAbility(TM) Stretch
5. Index to Collaboratory Archives
6. About Partnerwerks Collaboratory
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1. 10-Second Collaboratory
The largest purpose integrates all perspectives and expands to
fulfill all needs.
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2. Check It Out at http://www.partnerwerks.com
Do you and your company deserve the tools and structural supports
to build a values-based culture? You bet you do! In one day, we
can help you get On Purpose! Check out the course description at:
http://www.partnerwerks.com/What_s_Here_/Jump_In/Reception/Courses___Custom_Services/On_Purpose/on_purpose.html
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3. And now for this week's Collaboratory...
Integrate to Expansion. Expand to Integration
Last week we explored one way that people with TeamAbility(TM)
can apply a heightened appreciation for productive relationships
to advance their purpose in life (and at work). Two additional
competencies wielded by those who live "on purpose" include their
abilities to
- integrate to expansion and,
- expand to integration.
To get started understanding these skills, let's review a couple
of principles that describe the way materials relate to each
other in the physical universe.
Gravity and radiation are complimentary forces operating on all
matter in the universe. Gravity is an integrating force that
pulls things together, inward toward a center. Radiation is an
expanding force that sends a body's essence outward, away from it
in all directions, so that it ultimately intersects (and often
combines) with other bodies' radiance. For example, it's the
intersection of the sun's gravity with the earth's gravity that
keeps the earth in orbit around the sun while the sun's radiation
provides life energy to earth. In this instance, integration and
expansion create a complimentary relationship dynamic.
Well, in fact, integration and expansion actually operate similarly
among people. It's a bit of a stretch, but if you'll apply the
metaphor, it holds a great gift.
When we live our lives "on purpose," we radiate an essence from
that purpose. And it intersects everything we do. If you'll take
a "wide view" for a moment, it's easy to see that certain people
trust you immediately because they experience life energy and
confidence in the essence you radiate. Similarly, when we live
our lives "on purpose," we're likely to be continuously scanning
for people capable of assisting us in that purpose and our
"gravity" attracts them to us and integrates them into our lives.
To apply these dynamics consciously, people with TeamAbility(TM)
1. "integrate to expansion" as a way to draw people towards each
other and hold them there so that two or more points of view
actually mesh into a larger, more expansive frame, and,
2. "expand to integration" by suspending judgment and looking
beyond preconceptions for the purpose of defining a vision or
"game" large enough to include or "integrate" previously
unincluded people.
It's practically impossible to live "on purpose" and not develop
extraordinary TeamAbility(TM).
Get started with this week's 5-minute TeamAbility(TM) Stretch.
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4. 5-Minute TeamAbility(TM) Stretch
Use the complimentary forces of integration and expansion to
assist in discovering or naming your purpose. How? Take 5
minutes to examine who "orbits" around you and around whom you
"orbit." Then, try to articulate what it is that's drawn these
people together. In this reflection lie critical clues to your
purpose.
Share your insights or ask a question about this tip at
Partnerwerks' Team Advisor message board. To go there now, click
here:
http://www.partnerwerks.com/What_s_Here_/Jump_In/Offices/Partnerwerks_Associates/_Christopher_Avery/team_advisor.html
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5. Index to Partnerwerks Collaboratory archives on the web.
These archives are at the URL of
http://zip.mail-list.com/archives/collaboratory
6/28/99 Living On Purpose
6/21/99 Intentional and Reactive Relationship Outcomes
6/14/99 Competitor or Antagonist?
6/7/99 Reach Beyond a "Common Enemy" for a Sustainable Goal
5/31/99 How Do You Know if Your Team is Built?
5/24/99 The Miracle of Efficient Gifts
5/17/99 Conceive New Relationships As Avenues of Contribution
5/10/99 End With The Beginning In Mind
5/03/99 All Teams Need Closure
4/26/99 So, What is "TeamAbility?"
4/19/99 The Gift of a Present Hero
4/12/99 Recommit After Making Amends
4/5/99 Ask How You Can Make Amends
3/29/99 Apologize So Others Get It
3/22/99 Acknowledge Mistakes
3/15/99 What About Their Integrity? Use Tit-for-Tat
3/8/99 Relationship Integrity Sanctions Collaboration
3/1/99 The Collaborative Leader's Most Powerful Tool: Expansion
2/22/99 The Bedrock of Collaboration
2/15/99 Keys to Extraordinary Collaboration
2/8/99 Team Power Theory of Relativity
2/1/99 Honor Differences
1/25/99 Velocity Decision Making
1/18/99 Consensus
1/11/99 Is Your Silence Consent?
1/04/99 Teammates Don't Have to Like Each Other
12/28/98 For Energy and Direction, Reorient!
12/21/98 Clear Judgments When they Come up
12/14/98 Distinguish Criticizing from Feedback (Don't Speak Until
You Do!)
12/7/98 The Benefit of Showing You Can Be Provoked...
11/30/98 Talking About Trust Breaks
11/23/98 How to Trust Just Right
11/16/98 Trust Reflects Responsibility
11/9/98 What's In It For You?
11/2/98 Stop Trying to Motivate
10/26/98 Come Together Over Commitment and the Skill Will Follow
10/19/98 Who is the Most Powerful Member of Your Team?
10/12/98 Are You Playing Too Small A Game?
10/5/98 An Upset is an Opportunity to Learn
9/28/98 Agree to Response-Ability
9/21/98 Calling Others on Broken Agreements
9/14/98 Clean Up Broken Agreements
9/6/98 The Formula for Building Trust
8/31/98 Clarity: The Source of Power
8/24/98 Teamwork is an Individual Event
I wish you a world of productive relationships.
Faithfully,
Christopher M. Avery, Ph.D.
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