Yesterday I was in the East of England working in just this way with a newly constructed team in a large local authority. In the room were thirty plus people who had previously been part of four other teams. They had seen valued colleagues lose their jobs and found themselves reshuffled to make up a new team that will serve the organisation in a different way.
So where did the magic come in? It came in as:
- people shared something of themselves - their mood, their hopes, the things that spark their energy and creativity at work;
- they honoured the legacy of former colleagues by sharing stories of their former team's very best work;
- they uncovered from their histories all the times when they had joined new teams and been part of successful teams, identifying what had made the experiences so good;
- from their stories, they drew out all that these had to tell them about what makes for success;
- they used these findings and their ideas for 'what else' to develop a picture of the future they want to create for the new team;
- they determined the actions they could take immediately to move towards their vision.
And through the day the energy levels rose and rose - energy that is essential for change to happen. I had made some wands for them to use to grant their wishes for the new team. I had even brought some fairy dust. None of it was needed.
They had created the necessary magic all by themselves!
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