{"id":17959,"date":"2018-03-05T21:23:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T02:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=17959"},"modified":"2018-03-05T21:44:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T02:44:49","slug":"monday-morning-moment-a-space-and-a-place-on-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=17959","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Moment – A Space and a Place on the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Work space is always a premium in companies. Whether you work in a cubicle or a full-fledged office with a door, a space of some sort that belongs to you (shared or not) is vital. I remember vividly a time I had the opportunity to pour over a department\u2019s new office space design. It was a fascinating and eye-opening experience.<\/p>\n

Some of the team members work remotely, and I noticed there wasn\u2019t a space designated for those who are not regularly in the office.<\/strong> Showing this to the person on point for working out the space assignments yielded an \u201cAha!\u201d moment. She was kind to listen to a relative outsider, initially explaining how that probably happened because they are rarely in the office. Could it be that they are rarely there because there is no space for them? Something to think about if you want to rub shoulders and share ideas with those valued team members\u2026if space is made for them.<\/p>\n

Along with space comes the idea of a place on the team. Do you know your place on your work team?<\/strong> What you bring to the table? What unique role you play in the mission of your organization? C-suite leaders and department heads, of course, define some of that through a title, vision, and job description. They made a place for you on the team organizationally. Your role is to carve that place out\u2026to add value to the work of the team through your own passion and applied competencies. Also you, as team member, can add value to your colleagues by your care for them \u2013 by being \u201cthe rising tide that lifts all boats\u201d<\/em> \u2013 [Quote #30 – Adam Grant<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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How exhilarating it is when our bosses communicate to us and the larger team how relevant we are to them and the work! However, that can\u2019t be our motivation. We must set in our own minds, that as part of the team, we have that grand opportunity to make a real difference. Whether obvious to leadership or not, we can apply our best selves to the vision, to the outcome, and to the people we work with and for. Business leader John Maxwell<\/a> once spoke at the Global Leadership Summit<\/a> on this very topic.<\/p>\n

Maxwell\u2019s book Intentional Living: Choosing a Life that Matters <\/em><\/a>focuses on this idea of \u201cadding value\u201d to others. At first, I thought that an odd idea because people already have value. Period. Then, the more I listened to him and the more I read about healthy teams, I saw the wisdom in this. We can get absorbed in the task and the goals, and miss the people within the tasks. It is part of the whole \u201cspace and place\u201d component of team. Give a listen to Maxwell in this brief but packed 3:40 minute video on \u201cadding value to people\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n