Soft Skills 101 topic this week is teamwork.
Definition: team·work
the combined action of a group of people, especially when effective and efficient.
Quote: As Andrew Carnegie once noted, teamwork “is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
Scripture Ecclesiastes 4:9 -4:12.
The family is the first “team” a child is a part of. A great family may or may not function as a great team.
Take a moment to think about and evaluate your family team.
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- How is the team functioning?
- What can be improved?
- How are you providing leadership for your team?
- Develop your own team skills and those of your family members and together you’ll be able to step into the future with confidence.
Great teams:
- Hold each other accountable.
- Challenge each other to improve
- Set standards and expectation,
- Get rid of the status quo
- Get comfortable with discomfort
The Benefits of Teamwork
- Increase efficiency
- Improve communication
- Maximize output
- Create Support
- Increase innovation and creativity
- Boost performance and success
Relly Nadler outlined the core ingredients of a team in his article “Teamwork is an Unnatural Act” (businessexpertwebinars.com/content/ view/636/29/).
J. Richard Hackman, a pioneer in organizational behavior discovered that what matters most to team cohesion (i.e. team work) isn’t behavioral; rather, certain “enabling conditions” must happen
Team Building Activities:
- Games
- Playdates
- Chores
- Large house/property projects
- Traveling & camping together, practicing a foreign language
- Hospitality and serving together
- Read-alouds
- Bible study/prayer together -ACTS
- Working out together
- Setting and meeting a financial goal
- Cooking, cleaning, gardening together.
CTA: Evaluate where your family is at working together as a team.
Using Teamwork in your homeschool https://truenorthhomeschoolacademy.com/using-teamwork-in-your-homeschool/
Using Gaming as an Elective https://truenorthhomeschoolacademy.com/larping-roleplaying/
Tween and Teen Book Recommendations https://truenorthhomeschoolacademy.com/tween-teen-books-recommendations-from-our-writing-club/
10 Reasons to Join a Homeschool Club https://truenorthhomeschoolacademy.com/10-reasons-to-join-a-homeschool-club/
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