vaibhav agarwal director, procurement services university of notre dame engage your team in goal...
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Vaibhav AgarwalDirector, Procurement ServicesUniversity of Notre Dame
Engage Your Team in Goal Setting
1Annual MeetingApril 7 - 10, 2013Orlando, Florida
Agenda
• Team Background• Retreat Execution - Goal Setting and Planning• Results• Q&A – as we go along
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Disclaimer
• Not an expert• Sharing a story that worked for us • Many tools available for retreat execution
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Team Background
• 6 team members had never been through a procurement retreat
• Change in leadership
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Retreat Execution
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Vision Discussion
• Open-ended statement• In the perfect world, perfect department, we
would…• Structure:– Process– Technology– Skills
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SWOT Analysis
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Strengths•What advantages do we have? •What do we do best?
Strengths•What advantages do we have? •What do we do best?
Weaknesses•What do we fall short? •What factors detract users from coming to us?
Weaknesses•What do we fall short? •What factors detract users from coming to us?
Threats•What obstacles do we face? •Are there areas, processes, technologies that keep us from moving forward?
Threats•What obstacles do we face? •Are there areas, processes, technologies that keep us from moving forward?
Opportunities•What are some areas that we can leverage? •Are there areas, processes, technologies that will transform our work?
Opportunities•What are some areas that we can leverage? •Are there areas, processes, technologies that will transform our work?
SWOT Analysis Execution
• Pre-assigned teams to cover each section of SWOT– Force interactions between people– Limited time to generate thoughts – Appoint a scribe/spokesperson for the team
• Briefly discuss each point of SWOT– Other teams can add/remove/ask questions
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Brainstorming Goals
• Powerful question – “What do you think?”• Goals for each team• Everyone free to contribute – Ask clarifying questions to complete/understand thought– No shooting down of ideas
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Leadership: Tom PetersFour Most Important Words
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Team Building
• Engaged staff outside of managers to create and execute the team building event
• “Charade with Work Friends”• First Job Quiz
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Results
• Team feels:– engaged– heard– important– understands the big picture
• Better work results, increased productivity
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Q&A
Thank you!
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