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H OW TO USE THIS LEADERSHIP TOOL“Most people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”—John MaxwellInclusion, control, and affection can be understood very simply. Consider a group of peoplegoing sailing on a Sunday afternoon. The inclusion issue is the decision to invite someone, andthat person’s decision to go or not go on the boat. The issue of control concerns who is navigating,operating the sails, watching for hazards, working the rudder, and so on. Affection concernsany close relationships that develop between people on the boat.WEB WORKSHEETUse or adapt this framework to improve the levels of inclusion, control, and affection withinyour workgroup or team. Ask each member to make a few notes in each row, and discuss thesein the workgroup or team. Members can then plan improvements together, acknowledgingand affirming what they are presently doing well, critiquing what they do least well and needto do better, and developing strategies for improving the overall functioning of the workgroupor team.InclusionWhat our group does best to ensure thateach member has a sense of ...(Be as specific as possible.)What we do least well (and need to dobetter) to ensure that each member hasa sense of ...(Be as specific as possible.)ControlAffectionSpecific action steps we will take to maintain and improve the dynamics in our workgroup or team:Copyright McGraw-Hill 2000. Original purchasers of this book are permitted to photocopy or customize this worksheet by downloading it fromwww.books.mcgraw-hill.com/training/download. The document can then be opened, edited, and printed using Microsoft Word or other word processingsoftware.SECTION 10 TOOLS FOR LEADING TEAMS AND GROUPS 309