The Synergistic Adventures

Traveling Through the 7 Synergy Steps

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What is Synergy?What is Synergy?

• What do you think?

• Do you think your clan has had it?

• Do you think your clan can have it?

• What do you think?

• Do you think your clan has had it?

• Do you think your clan can have it?

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What is Synergy?What is Synergy?

“Energies coming together to produce something whole that is different from or more desirable than the sum of its constituent parts.” - Rebecca Chan Allen

(2002)

A + B = C1 + 1 = 3

Requires more than one person (ie. a team)

“Energies coming together to produce something whole that is different from or more desirable than the sum of its constituent parts.” - Rebecca Chan Allen

(2002)

A + B = C1 + 1 = 3

Requires more than one person (ie. a team)

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Relevance of TeamworkRelevance of Teamwork

• You’re part of a TEAM of OL’s

• Your Clan is a TEAM (rather than a group)

• You’re part of a TEAM of OL’s

• Your Clan is a TEAM (rather than a group)

• Organizational move towards self-directed teamwork

• Applicable to school groupwork

• Organizational move towards self-directed teamwork

• Applicable to school groupwork

Is it about more than just performance?

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Groups & TeamsGroups & Teams

• Can be a pain– Your story…

• Can be a pain– Your story…

• Can do more– Your story…

• Can do more– Your story…

Paradox?

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Leading Leaderless Teams

Leading Leaderless Teams

“A person provides leadership when they do something that

helps a group or organization achieve its goals or increase

its effectiveness.”

- Bushe (2001)

“A person provides leadership when they do something that

helps a group or organization achieve its goals or increase

its effectiveness.”

- Bushe (2001)

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Functional TeamsFunctional Teams

Good team relationships are:– Trusting– Caring– Helpful– Open– Honest– Respectful

Good team relationships are:– Trusting– Caring– Helpful– Open– Honest– Respectful

Bad team relationships are:– Unreasonable– Unreliable– Unfair– Selfish– Threatening– Inflexible

Bad team relationships are:– Unreasonable– Unreliable– Unfair– Selfish– Threatening– Inflexible“Positive” “Negative”Climate?Climate?

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Our Offer to YouOur Offer to You

You have a dangerous and difficult journey ahead…

What it is and isn’t:• It is not a promise of synergy• It is a process/tool that can

help us get there!

You have a dangerous and difficult journey ahead…

What it is and isn’t:• It is not a promise of synergy• It is a process/tool that can

help us get there!

So Let’s Get Started!

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The 7 Synergy StepsThe 7 Synergy Steps

Task & rules explained 0) Solitudes - be alone, think, develop

distinctiveness. 1) Attract Solitudes - come into a circle…

CIRCLE! 2) Create Common Ground - establish team

vision, goals, & mission. 3) Accentuate Distinctiveness - share your

experience as a solitude. I. 3 seconds between

II. Be open, appreciate the contribution

Task & rules explained 0) Solitudes - be alone, think, develop

distinctiveness. 1) Attract Solitudes - come into a circle…

CIRCLE! 2) Create Common Ground - establish team

vision, goals, & mission. 3) Accentuate Distinctiveness - share your

experience as a solitude. I. 3 seconds between

II. Be open, appreciate the contribution

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The 7 Synergy StepsThe 7 Synergy Steps

4) Dissolve Boundaries - facilitator will point your team in the right direction and then gently push you through

5) Proliferating Resources & 6) Journeying into the Unknown.

I. Maintain a positive climate 7) Creation of New Possibilities -

facilitator will find your team at this point. Recognize that something special has happened!

4) Dissolve Boundaries - facilitator will point your team in the right direction and then gently push you through

5) Proliferating Resources & 6) Journeying into the Unknown.

I. Maintain a positive climate 7) Creation of New Possibilities -

facilitator will find your team at this point. Recognize that something special has happened!

CELEBRATE!CELEBRATE!

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From Rebecca Chan Allen’s Guiding Change Journeys (2002)