The morning started with 15 staff members attending their Circles Everywhere! workshop by Barbara Everett (All staff are scheduled 4 hours 03/25-03/30).
The workshop is fundamental to a series of workshops that staff will attend monthly. Circles Everywhere! focuses on communication strategies that will help us give and receive radical loving and include:
Also, the workshop demonstrates the learning circle, community circle, team meeting model, and the stand-up or huddle meeting. The circle makes everyone equal. The rules of the circle help those who typically talk and have the most authority be quiet and listen. And, it encourages those who are typically shy or don't have much formal authority to speak up.
The workshop is fundamental to a series of workshops that staff will attend monthly. Circles Everywhere! focuses on communication strategies that will help us give and receive radical loving and include:
- Understanding ourselves and our supervisors as coaches and servant leaders.
- The qualities of a good coach.
- What leadership looks like and the difference between management and leadership.
- Fundamentals of interpersonal communications
- The importance of listening
- Leveling
- Giving and Receiving feedback
Also, the workshop demonstrates the learning circle, community circle, team meeting model, and the stand-up or huddle meeting. The circle makes everyone equal. The rules of the circle help those who typically talk and have the most authority be quiet and listen. And, it encourages those who are typically shy or don't have much formal authority to speak up.
