People are Different
As I've taken on leadership roles in different organizations I've learned a lot about people. When I was younger and much less wiser, I used to get frustrated when people wouldn't respond positively to the direction or support I was so cleverly providing. Some of my team members would respond very istockphoto# 11806154 well, others so-so, and then another group that didn't get it or passively resisted. Little did I understand at the time that 'people are different'. Fast forward to my wiser self (from many schools of hard knocks along the way), and I believe I get it now. I appreciate the differences I see in my team members. People complement each other's performance with their differences when they understand each other better. This year I am focusing on helping my team do some self-discovery. I started with a simple activity at our last all team meeting in September. The activity was drawn from Bruce Wellman's book Groups at Work on pa