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Is there a "C" in "See"?

Guest post by: Sylvia Lafair

Article Overview: They have all been willing to look at how a high level administrative team can harness workplace conflict, master workplace relationships, tackle leadership dilemmas, be pioneers and visionaries in the field of education, build trustworthy relationships, and have enjoyable friendships all at the same time. They all came to "see with new eyes" and embrace life long learning. The task now is to take the skills they have learned to to their direct reports, to the rest of the organization.

Is there a "C" in "See"?

We had an incredible team at an off-site at our retreat center "The Country Place". They are all achievers of excellence, so when I suggested that they would get a grade of "C" they became very argumentative.

"Wait, wait" I cautioned. Then I explained, it had been a time of the "See" and the "C".

They have all been willing to look at how a high level administrative team can harness workplace conflict, master workplace relationships, tackle leadership dilemmas, be pioneers and visionaries in the field of education, build trustworthy relationships, and have enjoyable friendships all at the same time.

They all came to "see with new eyes" and embrace life long learning. The task now is to take the skills they have learned to to their direct reports, to the rest of the organization.

Here is what is in a "C"

Challenge: response to the call that "there is a better way"

Connect: learning that we are all in it together and no one wins unless we all do

Curiosity: Shaking things up to see what "new" looks like, sounds like, and feels like

Culture: exploring how a culture blossoms when risks are taken

Commit: understanding the power of an entire system willing to forge a new path

Communicate: working with the forces of choosing the right words to tell the truth

Cause: weaving education, including administrators, teachers, parents, children, community, and board into a well constructed tapestry

My barometer of hope is high. This team of pioneers is making a difference. As they explore their own self awareness and the power of pattern-awareness they are taking leadership development and workplace relationships to a rarified realm of innovation and creative intent.

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