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From Me to We
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From Me to We
For the past six months, I've been the chairman of a committee of
extremely competent and committed coaches in charge of producing an
award ceremony for the local chapter of the International Coaching
Federation.
Last week, we awarded two Prism Awards to two very
deserving organizations in Calgary, in front of an audience of 350
people. Brett Wilson delivered a powerful keynote address and Beverley
Mahood and Kunny Munshaw inspired us all with the great music they've
written and performed. By pretty much any account, the event was a
great success and went a long way to build profile for professional
coaching in Calgary. For me it was the best team experience I've had.
The
event was the brainchild of last year's board, under the direction of
then president Gord Aker. Gord and the board decided it was time to do
something big. I think as coaches and as an organization of coaches, we
sell our selves short and get caught thinking small about the
contribution we have to make to society, organizations, team and
individuals. It's a relatively new profession and we have not yet
established our profile in the world.
Last year's board asked me
if I could speak to Brett Wilson to see if he would be the keynote
presenter (I'm his coach). Brett is a well-known entrepreneur and
philanthropist in Calgary and has made a name for himself as one of the
Dragon's on CBC's "Dragons Den". Such a high-profile consumer of
coaching would no doubt help us build profile. As an association we
were starting to think big.
I decided to volunteer on the
committee that was producing the event, since Brett was my client. Then
the chairman of that committee moved to Edmonton, so I thought I might
as well volunteer to be chairman. Then the new board for 2010 needed a
vice president and apparently the vice-president's job is to produce
the Prism event, so I was volunteered for that role as well.
At
first I was the only person on the committee so I articulated a vision
for the event, coaching in general and the chapter specifically, along
with a plan to execute the awards ceremony. Most of the directors
signed on to the committee, realizing how vital the event was. Then a
very cool group creativity kicked in and took over. It seemed that once
there was a document that expressed the feeling and intentions of the
team, the team took off and action followed.
I learned a lot
about being a leader during this process and a lot about being on a
team as I watched my colleagues take the lead. I was certainly not
everyone's boss since we are all volunteers and yet everyone stepped up
in ways that were certainly beyond my imagination. Nor did I make up a
vision for me and try to sell it to the team. I think the team, myself
included, had this feeling of size, burbling up for many years that
wanted out. It's also very clear to me that I am and we are a part of
creative process that neither started nor will end with me and us. I
simply had the good fortune to come along at just the right time and
put words to a very important feeling we all seemed to share. It seemed
like my primary responsibility was to maintain a strong belief in the
project, the team and each person on the team, making sure that the
contributions of each team member meshed with the contributions of the
other team members.
And, we pulled it off.
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