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Some statistics say that managers and supervisors spend less than 25% of
their day doing what they were hired to do. Most of their time is spent
putting out fires.�
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According to the �Wizard of Who��,
before planning a group or team, consider their purpose or mission.� The group must
have a clear reason for existing and gathering before any members can be
selected or meetings can be planned.��� The purpose is a simple written
statement of the primary reason(s) for the group to gather and work. A
mission statement is a written sentence related to the task(s) the group
should accomplish.� The person(s) sponsoring the group or the person selected to lead the team may
be responsible for proposing a purpose or mission statement.� Once members are selected
and the group is formed, they may choose to refine their statement.� If the
group cannot agree to a common purpose or mission, then the group is doomed to
failure.� Once the purpose� or mission is apparent, then future meeting agendas and
actions become easier to develop and implement. This refinement typically
happens in the first meeting.
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Experienced
facilitators are a great asset when developing a mission or purpose
statement for an organization.�
They can insure the process is conducted in a respectful and effective
manner.� However, not everyone has good facilitators in their
organization or a budget to contract one,� therefore someone at the
meeting may have to lead this effort.� To help the leader for this
portion of the meeting, there are several sites on the internet that offer
advise on creating statements for mission, purpose, or vision.� Try a
search using "write _____ statement"� using the word that fits best in
the blank.� See what options appear, then review several sites for
commonalities in order to get the best information on how to proceed.�
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Click here for detailed PC hints on-line.
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A
quick activity to promote team collaboration is called �Magic Carpet�.� For
this activity you use a regular size bed sheet (for 12-20 people, use
smaller or larger sheet depending on team size). Lay the sheet on the floor
and ask all team members to stand on the sheet.� Then tell them to turn the
sheet over without any member touching the floor or picking each other up.�
Debrief the activity with questions related to who had ideas, which were
tried, who was leader, what might they have done differently, etc.
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Click
here�for more group activities on-line.
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"There
is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of
purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess
it."
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Napoleon Hill
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