Subject: [Partnerwerks TeamWisdom Tips] All It Takes Is One
Welcome to Partnerwerks TeamWisdom Tips!
by Christopher M. Avery, Ph.D.
March 11, 2003
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TeamWisdom(TM) Tips promotes individual mental skills and
behaviors that create highly responsible and productive
relationships at work.
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This week's line-up:
1. 10-Second TeamWisdom
2. Welcome Notes
3. ALL IT TAKES IS ONE
4. 5-Minute TeamWisdom Stretch
5. TeamWisdom Resources
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1. 10-Second TeamWisdom
All it takes is one to invite a group to be a team. Are you
the one? Of course you are.
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2. Welcome Notes
Thank you for investing time and attention to develop your
TeamWisdom. Last week I sent you a long dissertation about
assessing your team. Some may not have found that useful. I
don't know what inspired me this week to write you a poem
(it may not rhyme but it looks like a poem). This poem might
just speak to you.
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Welcome new subscribers who joined after seeing the
announcement about Partnerwerks licensing North American
distribution rights for the Knowledge Team Effectiveness
Profile (KTEP). There's been tremendous interest in attending
the KTEP Certification Workshop for Internal and External
consultants, May 18-20, 2003. If you haven't yet registered,
there's still a few spaces available.
We just received a commitment from KTEP volume-user Neil
Thibodaux, Senior Consulting Engineer and System Team
Program Manager, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, to
attend the workshop and discuss his use of KTEP:
"Learning about the Golden Triangle of Trust in the KTEP
model and how to lead a team to that level of performance is
powerful stuff. It becomes amazingly clear what is important
to the team." Neil Thibodaux
Details at http://www.partnerwerks.com/ktep/
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Are you stuck on a bad team? Attend Being Powerful in Any
Team, May 13-15, and bring your team. You'll go from bad to
powerful in three days of fun. Guaranteed. Details at
http://www.beingpowerful.com/
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3. ARE YOU THE ONE?
All it takes is one to invite a group to be a team.
One person can ask for shared clarity about the collective
task before members assume individual assignments.
One person can ask others "what's in it for you to be on
this team this time?"
One person can request personal promises that support
performing as a team.
Are you the one?
One person can ask others what result they require.
One person can suggest prioritizing agenda items and
budgeting available time.
One person can step up to a white board and record key
information for the team.
All it takes is one.
One person can retain a frame of abundance against over
scarcity.
One person can remain unthreatened by disagreement while
inviting others to remain committed through differences.
One person can see a breakthrough approaching when others
see only Q-U-I-T.
Are You the One?
One person can operate from "above the line" and invite
others to do the same.
One person can communicate faith in her teammates when they
feel none.
One person can shine a light on opportunity for sharing
responsibility.
All it takes is one.
One person can suggest 5 minutes of silent brainstorming on
sticky notes.
One person can Call It! when another violates the team.
One person can ask "What unites us so in outcome that
none can claim personal victory until it is accomplished?"
One person can.
You.
Get started with this week's 5-Minute Practice Tip.
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4. 5-Minute Practice Tip
If your team isn't working for you, then there's likely
something you can do about it that you haven't yet done.
What is it and what will it take to step up and try it?
I wish you a world of responsible and productive
relationships at work.
Faithfully,
Christopher
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"'Teamwork Is an Individual Skill: Getting Your Work Done
When Sharing Responsibility' contains more practical
information and advice about the conditions under which we
humans optimize our work together than any other book you
are likely to have read"
~Terry O'Keefe, Executive Bookshelf
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I will be traveling to and speaking...
- May 5, PMI/NJ Chapter Regional Symposium, Edison, NJ
- May 13-15, Being Powerful In Any Team, San Antonio, TX
(http://www.beingpowerful.com)
- May 18-20, Knowledge Team Effectiveness Profile (KTEP)
Certification Workshop, San Antonio, TX
http://www.partnerwerks.com/ktep
- May 22-23, 3rd. Conference on Work Teams, Centro de
Productividad, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
Want me to speak at your company or association? See
http://www.partnerwerks.com/services_and_products/speaking.html
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5. TeamWisdom Resources
Being Powerful in Any Team, May 13-15, 2003
I won't waste your time...I guarantee it. This high impact
learning event contains the most important information and
skills I know for getting thing done with others.
http://www.beingpowerful.com
Knowledge Team Effectiveness Profile (KTEP)
Team development budget too tight for seminars? Check out
KTEP to quantitatively measure your team's effectiveness and
show areas for high-impact improvement. Based on years of
research and testing, KTEP is now available in North
America. Team assessments can be performed for about
$125/person - super affordable!
http://www.partnerwerks.com/ktep
KTEP Certification Workshop, May 18-20, 2003
The cost is low, space is limited, we expect it to fill, and
donšt know when it will happen again.
http://www.partnerwerks.com/ktep
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