Leading with Emotional Intelligence: Hands-On ... - always yours

TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION TOOLS AND STRATEGIES 183
• Look at your list and consolidate ingredients where possible.
The ideal number should be around seven. If you have many
more it will be cumbersome to get to the next steps.
• Now, have each group assess your team on these items.
“Where are we today on a 1-10 scale, where 10 is high?” Give
the group 10 minutes or so to discuss it and come up with
a score on each ingredient you have on the fl ip chart. The
team will have to reach a consensus on each one.
• Pick one ingredient and get each team’s score for it.
• Then, from both the highest score and lowest score, ask for
more details about why the group selected that number.
• Continue this process for each item. Then get an average for
each key ingredient.
• As a whole team, look over your list at where you are highest
and lowest.
• Pick the two highest scores and ask two groups to take one
strength each and come up with actions to enhance your
strengths. (You may have more than one group work on an
area if your team has many members.)
• Pick the two lowest scores and ask two groups to take one
ingredient each and come up with actions to improve your
weaknesses.
• Each group reports their actions to the whole team. Collect
all the actions on the fl ip chart.
• Decide which actions would get you the biggest results.
Remember the 80/20 rule: 20% of your efforts yield 80% of
your results. You can vote if you have too many; ideally you
should have two enhancers and two development areas to
begin with.
• Each action should have an owner, a key deliverable, a small
team, and a time frame. Plan to report on progress in a few
weeks.