As the holidays approach our team has their annual Christmas staff retreat at the Northeastern downtown campus in the Hilton Hotel. The aim of this retreat is to review and discuss the programs progress from the year. Faculty, Advisors, Director, Assistant director and the operations team all join together for this retreat. Throughout the day many important aspects of our programme were discussed (See appendix 1).
This retreat is very important for the whole programme to come together and ensure that that “People in different departments must collaborate, see the larger picture, and understand that the team must contribute to the whole, in order to avoid unhealthy inter-team conflicts” (Dyer ,2013). Throughout the day topics were brought up so that each staff or faculty member can express their comments and concerns about the programme. This retreat is extremely important as it gives the department as a whole a chance to collaborate as a team on how to make the program better to benefit the students of future academic years.
This experience has allowed me to reach both a personal IP goal “My goal is to develop my interpersonal skills to work as part of a team to contribute towards the larger organizational objective” and also an IP objective “Develop the interpersonal skills necessary for effective work as a member of a team seeking to achieve organisational goals”. By attending the retreat, it allowed me to really see how important it is to come together and review not only what can be improved in the programme but also what we have done well. Giving praise and recognition to the team and particular members when needed was very important. This will ensure that the staff and faculty know that their work is appreciated in making a difference in the larger organisational goals.
References
Dyer, William G., et al. Team Building:Proven Strategies for Improving Team Performance, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/northeastern-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1108693.
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Appendix 1
Abby Duncan 