Participating in mgpc’s holiday program for kids it is delightful to see eight teenagers doing a lot of the work involved in making each day’s activities flow.
In this post at Catalyst’s blog, Ron Edmonson suggests ten characteristics of a healthy team or organisation:
- A shared vision is held by all team members.
- Team members and their individual ideas are equally valued.
- Leadership development is a part of the strategy.
- The organization readily embraces change and risk taking is encouraged.
- Team members are continually energized and encouragement flows freely.
- It’s a fun place to hang out…people enjoy their work and relationships are deeper than just the professional environment.
- Mistakes are considered part of the learning process.
- The structure doesn’t limit growth, but provides healthy boundaries.
- There is a freedom to offer constructive criticism, even of top leadership, without fear of retribution.
- Conflict is not discouraged, but used to make the team better.
An area I struggle particularly struggle with is intentional leadership development.
The idea that mistakes are part of the learning process is one that needs to be cultivated. I like the term ‘honorable failure’. As leaders we want to look at each possibility from the perspective ‘how can we make this happen’ rather than ‘ooh, something might go wrong’.
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