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MEETING ACTIVITIES
Pictograms
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At Cohort meeting - passed out one pictogram at a time, gave each time to work through, then
asked for volunteer - made sure each person/team was called on for a pictogram. Purpose was
to not only have an acronym AT DR CCS Lab to help remember the core competencies but to
have picture (people learn differently) - and to have FUN.
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Assignment for the next Cohort meeting was for each Member to take one of the behaviors that
they thought was important and create a Pictogram. At the meeting we did a similar exercise for
determining what it said and each person discussed why that behavior was important (both at
work and in life).
Lunch Bag Exercise
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Asked each member to bring their lunch in a bag decorated (in their own style) with the
Leadership Competency that they were most passionate about.
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We took pictures and sent them to the people in the other offices.
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We went one by one and the team tried to guess the competency from the picture and why they
thought it might be important to that person.
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The person constructing the bag then described why they picked that competency, what it meant
to them personally and professionally.
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Learning included:
Get to know what is important to each of the members, continue to build trust
The discussion identified how the competency (and pictures) build in more than one
competency and how multiple are needed to be effective (e.g., client focus also needs
good communications)
At the end, discussed how leading and managing change (e.g., going from the company
buying lunch for our meeting to us bringing something) can be done in such a way that
it is perceived positively. At the time we did it, we were just starting to scale back on
expenses and look at force adjustments.
Reinforcement of what are the competencies.
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