Sunday, June 10, 2012
Father Greg Schaffer's Journey Home: Brian Mathiowetz's Eulogy
Father Greg Schaffer's Journey Home: Brian Mathiowetz's Eulogy: Good Evening! I have been asked to share a moment or 2 with you tonight. I am humbled to attempt to put into words what we all feel. To...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Four Great Barriers of Teamwork
As Bill starts out this chapter he notes that the teams personal needs must be met to maximize the teams performance. He also shares that experts agree there are four barriers that need to be overcome to make great strides toward effective teamwork.
The first barrier is personal insecurity. Each team member has personal issues that they are dealing with, these will effect the team even though they may have nothing to do with the job or project the team is working on. Here are some signs to note that someone is insecure on the team, they have feelings of fear, lack of confidence, anxiety and defensiveness.
Bill goes into sharing a story about his public speaking classes which he started and what he is discovering.
Watch for more on my next blog update.
Dawn Rohlik
www.HealthyCandleShop.com
The first barrier is personal insecurity. Each team member has personal issues that they are dealing with, these will effect the team even though they may have nothing to do with the job or project the team is working on. Here are some signs to note that someone is insecure on the team, they have feelings of fear, lack of confidence, anxiety and defensiveness.
Bill goes into sharing a story about his public speaking classes which he started and what he is discovering.
Watch for more on my next blog update.
Dawn Rohlik
www.HealthyCandleShop.com
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Three Great Needs of Team Members
The Three Great Needs of Team Members
When thinking team we always hear TEAM =Together Everyone Achieves More. So what does that mean. It sounds great but what does a team need to accomplish the above statement? Bill starts out with stating that each team member brings a mix to the table of their gifts, strengths, and skills along with their set of needs. The beauty of a successful team is that it accomplishes its original tasks but it also helps meet individual needs.
So lets look at the 3 most recognized needs of each person that is on the team. The sense of belonging, a sense of worth, and a sense of competence.
The sense of belonging can take us back to the days when we as children were picked to play on a neighborhood softball team for example. Were you ever the last one picked? How did that make you feel. All you really wanted was to belong to one of the teams to be a part of the action. Now did you ever go to state or win a championship medal? I’ll bet that if you won the race alone it’s not near as memorable as being with a whole basketball team that went to state won. Why because you were part of the team, you got to contribute, you did your part. So now lets think about your job. Do you love working at your place of employment? If you do I will most certainly guess that the atmosphere there feels like a family. You care about each other. You look out for each other, you all belong.
So what is a Sense of worth? Explained in this book it comes as a quote from a dear friend of Bill’s, Nothing to lose, Nothing to prove, Nothing to hide. Now doesn’t that sound so freeing? That’s what a sense of worth provides. That says I have enough self confidence that I can take risks and if it doesn’t work I’ll just pick myself up and start over.
Just imagine a life with no secrets you have nothing to hide. This may sound hard to do but truly being straight forward and honest has huge pay offs. A team made of these type of vulnerable people are truly transparent and will be an effective team. In creating a team that has an open and honest environment that team will grow together and will feel good about themselves. They will have healthy self worth.
In closing don’t be too guarded about about your personal life, of course you will have some areas that will be restricted, but in general be more open, more sharing, you will find that people do care about you and lifting those restrictions will help you become all you can be.
A sense of competence. We all want to feel like we are contributing to our team. Whether it’s a family, sport, business, or management team, always remember that you have great worth. Gifts were given to you to share and use freely it’s what make’s you unique and only one of you. It is a treasure chest of talents that you have that are so valuable to the team.
The key to remember is that you need to feel confident about your talents and use them for the good of the team. Now you might be thinking to yourself I’m not sure if I have defined my talents. Well there is a ton of books out there in the Human Resource area that you can use to define your talents. You can also take a piece of paper and make a list of all the things you like to do. On the other side, all the things you would rather not do. After doing this you will see what areas you gravitate towards and why those are the assignments that you usually do first. Then also ask your co- workers, friends and family members what they see as your strengths. They can spot your qualities sometimes long before you see them because they see you in action.
Great teams are made up of many different pieces to make the puzzle come together perfectly. Each one plays an important part, lets list a few and this is by no means all of them, someone with vision, highly organized, works the plan, communicates well, leads, thinks outside the box, brainstorms, writes, understands figures and formulas, and creative. The list goes on and on. Each roll that’s played (each piece in place) ads to that team members competence, which leads to an efficient superior team.
Dawn Rohlik
http://www.HealthyCandleShop.com
When thinking team we always hear TEAM =Together Everyone Achieves More. So what does that mean. It sounds great but what does a team need to accomplish the above statement? Bill starts out with stating that each team member brings a mix to the table of their gifts, strengths, and skills along with their set of needs. The beauty of a successful team is that it accomplishes its original tasks but it also helps meet individual needs.
So lets look at the 3 most recognized needs of each person that is on the team. The sense of belonging, a sense of worth, and a sense of competence.
The sense of belonging can take us back to the days when we as children were picked to play on a neighborhood softball team for example. Were you ever the last one picked? How did that make you feel. All you really wanted was to belong to one of the teams to be a part of the action. Now did you ever go to state or win a championship medal? I’ll bet that if you won the race alone it’s not near as memorable as being with a whole basketball team that went to state won. Why because you were part of the team, you got to contribute, you did your part. So now lets think about your job. Do you love working at your place of employment? If you do I will most certainly guess that the atmosphere there feels like a family. You care about each other. You look out for each other, you all belong.
So what is a Sense of worth? Explained in this book it comes as a quote from a dear friend of Bill’s, Nothing to lose, Nothing to prove, Nothing to hide. Now doesn’t that sound so freeing? That’s what a sense of worth provides. That says I have enough self confidence that I can take risks and if it doesn’t work I’ll just pick myself up and start over.
Just imagine a life with no secrets you have nothing to hide. This may sound hard to do but truly being straight forward and honest has huge pay offs. A team made of these type of vulnerable people are truly transparent and will be an effective team. In creating a team that has an open and honest environment that team will grow together and will feel good about themselves. They will have healthy self worth.
In closing don’t be too guarded about about your personal life, of course you will have some areas that will be restricted, but in general be more open, more sharing, you will find that people do care about you and lifting those restrictions will help you become all you can be.
A sense of competence. We all want to feel like we are contributing to our team. Whether it’s a family, sport, business, or management team, always remember that you have great worth. Gifts were given to you to share and use freely it’s what make’s you unique and only one of you. It is a treasure chest of talents that you have that are so valuable to the team.
The key to remember is that you need to feel confident about your talents and use them for the good of the team. Now you might be thinking to yourself I’m not sure if I have defined my talents. Well there is a ton of books out there in the Human Resource area that you can use to define your talents. You can also take a piece of paper and make a list of all the things you like to do. On the other side, all the things you would rather not do. After doing this you will see what areas you gravitate towards and why those are the assignments that you usually do first. Then also ask your co- workers, friends and family members what they see as your strengths. They can spot your qualities sometimes long before you see them because they see you in action.
Great teams are made up of many different pieces to make the puzzle come together perfectly. Each one plays an important part, lets list a few and this is by no means all of them, someone with vision, highly organized, works the plan, communicates well, leads, thinks outside the box, brainstorms, writes, understands figures and formulas, and creative. The list goes on and on. Each roll that’s played (each piece in place) ads to that team members competence, which leads to an efficient superior team.
Dawn Rohlik
http://www.HealthyCandleShop.com
Monday, March 30, 2009
Building Team Successfully
My Book Review On ~ Building Successful Teams by Bill Butterworth
Bill has an interesting way of starting out his book by comparing Teams to Carnigee Hall. In his introduction he explains how even the audience gets so involved and in anticipation of the performance that they can hardly sit still in their seats. The thousands of people there all knew someone on stage because this was a Senior High National singing event that the schools were chosen for. They had sent in audition tapes and were picked to be there.
So just imagine a bunch of parents sitting and waiting for their sons and daughters to come on stage. The anticipation was phenomenal. So much so, that as they were waiting for the conductor to come out, after the choir had placed themselves on the bleachers, a stage hand from behind the scenes came out and adjusted the stage and the audience gave him a standing ovation. Boy I bet that stage guy sure felt important and why shouldn’t he? He had just as much into the performance as the conductor. Good point don’t you think, but yet we usually never even see the stage personnel. His point being every person involved in getting ready for this performance was equally important because they each did their part. They each did what they were good at and the performance came off beautifully done because of each person’s contribution.
Then lets take that another step, each of the performers were important also their voice with everyone else’s voices made the sound what it was. Each person had an important piece of the puzzle so to say. So it is as a team is forming and working together.
Bill has an interesting way of starting out his book by comparing Teams to Carnigee Hall. In his introduction he explains how even the audience gets so involved and in anticipation of the performance that they can hardly sit still in their seats. The thousands of people there all knew someone on stage because this was a Senior High National singing event that the schools were chosen for. They had sent in audition tapes and were picked to be there.
So just imagine a bunch of parents sitting and waiting for their sons and daughters to come on stage. The anticipation was phenomenal. So much so, that as they were waiting for the conductor to come out, after the choir had placed themselves on the bleachers, a stage hand from behind the scenes came out and adjusted the stage and the audience gave him a standing ovation. Boy I bet that stage guy sure felt important and why shouldn’t he? He had just as much into the performance as the conductor. Good point don’t you think, but yet we usually never even see the stage personnel. His point being every person involved in getting ready for this performance was equally important because they each did their part. They each did what they were good at and the performance came off beautifully done because of each person’s contribution.
Then lets take that another step, each of the performers were important also their voice with everyone else’s voices made the sound what it was. Each person had an important piece of the puzzle so to say. So it is as a team is forming and working together.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
With Fundraising continually on my mind as a way to bring in more money to support my advertising and team building efforts, I decided to do a Fundraising Blitz in our Diocese. Knowing several contacts in the Diocese that work with Youth, was where I started my inquiry.
After receiving about 140 contact names I began to compile my mailing envelopes. I knew I wanted to keep it simple and to the point but still grab their attention. Doing some brainstorming with Art we knew that too many papers were not good. Looking back to the many years of fundraising we did with our Youth Group. Too much information never got read at our home unless is grabbed our attention.
So I put a heading of “Cut Your Fundraising Efforts in Half at the top to the page and compiled a two page handout to a one page. Made an introduction page and sent my fundraising 1,2,3 steps along with a Fundraising Postcard and a scent sample. With my contact on each page.
I do have fundraisers that happen each year because of my first initial efforts I made when I first joined the company. These fundraisers return to me each year with a simple call to the organizer. They have also had better returns each and every year.
Watch our next newsletter to find out how my mailings and follow ups went.
Dawn Rohlik, MN
http://www.GoGetMoreInfo.com
After receiving about 140 contact names I began to compile my mailing envelopes. I knew I wanted to keep it simple and to the point but still grab their attention. Doing some brainstorming with Art we knew that too many papers were not good. Looking back to the many years of fundraising we did with our Youth Group. Too much information never got read at our home unless is grabbed our attention.
So I put a heading of “Cut Your Fundraising Efforts in Half at the top to the page and compiled a two page handout to a one page. Made an introduction page and sent my fundraising 1,2,3 steps along with a Fundraising Postcard and a scent sample. With my contact on each page.
I do have fundraisers that happen each year because of my first initial efforts I made when I first joined the company. These fundraisers return to me each year with a simple call to the organizer. They have also had better returns each and every year.
Watch our next newsletter to find out how my mailings and follow ups went.
Dawn Rohlik, MN
http://www.GoGetMoreInfo.com
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