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EXTRAORDINARY GROUPS : How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results with Kathleen Ryan

EXTRAORDINARY GROUPS : How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results with Kathleen Ryan. Tonight. Your own experience with an amazing group Key concepts from our field study Application of concepts to your role as a leader of teams. Starting Questions.

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EXTRAORDINARY GROUPS : How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results with Kathleen Ryan

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  1. EXTRAORDINARYGROUPS:How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results withKathleen Ryan c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  2. Tonight • Your own experience with an amazing group • Key concepts from our field study • Application of concepts to your role as a leader of teams c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  3. Starting Questions • Why do some groups achieve amazing results while most others do not? • What do extraordinary groups have in common that sorts them from the rest? • How might we create these terrific results more often? c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  4. What’s Your Experience? • Think of an amazing group experience you have had. • Identify three things that enabled that experience to be so memorable. c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  5. Our Field Study • Sixty groups of 2-20, incl. virtual • Work, volunteer, personal life • Self-identified as “amazing” • Interviews with 1-3 members • 1.5 to 2 hour phone interviews • Open ended questions and stories c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  6. An Extraordinary Group… Achieves outstanding results while members, individually or collectively experience a profound shift in how they see their world. c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  7. Exercise • Find a partner…someone at your table you know least well • Briefly describe the essence of your experience (2-3 sentences) • Discuss your answers to card #1. What factors do you have in common? c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  8. Eight Performance Indicators • Compelling Purpose • Shared Leadership • Just-Enough Structure • Full Engagement • Embracing Difference • Unexpected Learning • Strengthened Relationships • Great Results c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  9. Tangible Results • 200 lives saved through reduction of medical errors • Award winning library built • Breakthrough software developed • Micro-credit extended to 100M of the world’s poorest families • Millions $$$ saved • Market share dominated • Championships won by teams of “not brilliant” players • WMD facilities dismantled and equipment safely moved across continents c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  10. Intangible Results • Learned about one’s self • Gained or deepened knowledge/skills • Applied to other parts of life • Built new or strengthened relationships • Increased pride of accomplishment • Heightened self confidence • Greater sense of community c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  11. Groups in Human History • Thousands of years of living in groups • Survive together, perish alone • Genetically, instinctively informed to group • It’s easy to relate to a group; it’s hard to relate to a large organization • Groups are the way to get things done c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  12. Table Discussion • What organizational benefits would you anticipate from creating more extraordinary groups… • At work? • In your community groups? • In your family? • Within TENS? c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  13. High Performance Levers for Extraordinary Groups Great Results Strengthened Relationships Just-Enough Structure Shared Leadership Compelling Purpose Full Engagement Embracing Differences Unexpected Learning c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  14. High Performance Levers for Extraordinary Groups Great Results Strengthened Relationships Just-Enough Structure Shared Leadership Compelling Purpose Full Engagement Embracing Differences Unexpected Learning c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  15. Four Feelings at the Heart of Transformation Energized ! Connected ! Hopeful ! Changed ! c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  16. An Extraordinary Group… Achieves outstanding results while members, individually or collectively experience a profound shift in how they see their world. c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  17. Application • Think of a group you lead on a regular basis. • The next time you bring your group together, how might you lead this group differently if you intentionally applied: • Compelling Purpose • Shared Leadership • Embracing Differences • Just-enough Structure • What one thing willyou do? c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  18. The Bottom Line • Especially during challenging times: • Our organizations need our best, most creative and collaborative work • We, as people, need our groups to be the place where we can contribute, achieve, connect, and grow. • Life is too short to spend time in groups that do not fulfill their promise. c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

  19. Visit our website, www.extraordinarygroups.com • Weekly Blog • Other useful materials • www.extraordinarygroups.com/extras/ • Copies of today’s slides c. Bellman and Ryan, 2009

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