Nov. 14th 2011

What are some ways you can build integrity and trust with your team?

I think the best way for our team to build integrity and trust is through time. Providing our team with the time necessary to get to know each other and trust each other in a work environment is important. We also have to provide opportunities for our team to rely on each other and trust each other. I'm excited for our two hour area meeting today because I feel like we can help each other problem solve and brainstorm effective ways to improve our various endeavors in our area. I think in terms of building integrity with our team, I don't even know what that means in a team setting. Integrity to me means that regardless of who you are with or what you are doing, you act in a way that represents the best of who you are and the best ideals of your team. In applying that to our team, I think that maybe means that when we are with other areas or meetings, we can step outside of our own personal feelings or situations, and make sure that our decisions and actions meet the best interest of representing our team well. I think in order to build a sense of integrity with our team, we have to find our team meaningful in each of our lives. I think in order for us to each WANT to have integrity with our team, we need to love being a part of it and feel valuable. I think for our team there members who don't feel valued and appreciated as part of the team, which affects the group as a whole. If we can help each member of the team feel valued, they will be inspired to contribute to the team in more helpful ways, and act with integrity. 

In what ways do you make sure your team is in agreement with a project before moving forward?

I think with bigger projects, I really do care about what my team thinks of it. I definitely seek the opinion of my team before I spend a ton of time and energy on something. I brainstorm and come to them with an idea, and see what they think. If their opinions are positive, I move forward, if they are negative, I look at the problems and see if they need fixing, and then move forward.

 

What are a couple of creative ways you can communicate a new idea to your team?

The first thing that came to my mind was Carrie from the Stephen King movie... with the pigs blood or whatever. That isn't quite the tactic I think would be most effective, however I do think it will grab and hold attention. I think my team is receptive to new ideas, so I don't think anything out of the ordinary would necessarily be needed, but I'll consider it?