“There is a real reason for getting to know the people you’re working with.”
Surry Scheerer, executive coach and lecturer at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and Ford School of Public Policy, suggests that leaders and their organizations take a more mindful approach to building and supporting teams. Sheerer emphasizes the importance of team building whether your team exists in a conference room or through virtual means.
How do personal values influence teamwork? Do you know what your colleagues value most? Tell us in the comments section or at #ValuesNAS.
I am fascinated by the Buddhist philosophies that are woven through this video!
A couple of take home points for me: the idea that skillfulness in process is an expertise. I often overlook this when I am focused on action.
I’m curious what kind of rituals organizations and teams use to keep inviting presence and practice mindfulness. I’m even wondering how to incorporate calls to presence in an agenda.
I’m also struck by a challenge that I’ve experienced in my work as a farmer and also witnessed in arts organizations and institutions who are especially working in marginalized communities: what happens to our values and our team practices in times of urgency? In some situations, when community needs feel so pressing and urgent, it sometimes feels pedantic and privileged to spend time slowly building norms and relationships in a team, yet at the same time, I also trust and believe that investing time in building relationships and an open and healthy culture of a team enable incredible work to take place. What are strategies of using time to build healthy teams when time feels short and limited and needs feel so pressing? How do we do both?
Thank you for this inspiring video!