Why you ask? Well because we have an opportunity here, as a group of independent individuals, to collaborate, come together and create something magical this year. Interdependence. I feel as though one of the most powerful things is a group of individuals who each have the same common purpose (putting students first), are independent (responsible, proactive, and accountable), and who can come together to take the necessary steps to ensure they work as a team to create interdependence.
Some of you may realize that I am referencing Stephen Covey’s book the Seven Habits of highly effective people, and you would be totally right. To be honest I wasn’t able to put all of this together until today when we were talking about our smart goals and going through our deep dive. Then it all started to come together as I have explained above.
I started to realize that we were taking the steps to ensure we knew there was no room for slackers and that they probably would not be helped if they slacked off. Which I think may be a little rough but at the same time I agree with it personally. But we also realized the importance in checking in with each other when things are getting hectic in the office, and that were here to support each other when one of us is having trouble
If we don’t check in then we risk missing out on some great opportunities to collaborate together and possibly create some legendary things. If we don’t check in we risk drifting as a team. If we drift as a team then our impact will be much less. And if our impact is much less then have we really served our purpose? Have we truly done everything we could to ensure that every student feels welcome in the NAIT community? Have we ensured we gave the students everything we had and left it all on the field so to speak?
Probably not.