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Peel Living Management Team. Appreciative process. Q1 What attracted you to public service. MJ: Opportunity, people in her previous work saw something in her, her skills and commitment to people. Other people highlighted her strengths and helped her see them.
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Peel Living Management Team Appreciative process
Q1 What attracted you to public service MJ: Opportunity, people in her previous work saw something in her, her skills and commitment to people. Other people highlighted her strengths and helped her see them. M: Wanting to make the world a better place, wanted to organize people to help improve quality of life A: Not driven by the notion of profit, services the region provided. Wanted to contribute to those services. B: Not intentional, connected to his wish, will and ability to serve people
Q2 What initially attracted you to Peel Living • MJ: Realized it was an exciting place, catered to her desire to learn continuously, found better ways to help people. Diversity of people required diversity of skills and knowledge, thinking out of the box. Keep it simple and focus on people • M: Leverage his ability to make a difference based on the reputation of the region. Assist poverty reduction, bridge people and housing, attracted people on the same page; believed in people, broader vision than just housing • A: Arriving in Canada, her experience at looking for housing… met bad PMs, met one landlady who trusted A and her family and gave them an opportunity. Discovered services available through city and region, went to Redmond and was impressed. Region was welcoming, working for Peel Living was a chance to re-balance, find and show her passion. • B: Luck… PL was different, mix between RGI and Market. Support people and lead in making a difference. Came from a rules enforcement culture, PL went out of it’s way to welcome us. PL had a different model “part of the community”, bucked the trends at the time
Q3 What do you bring to the management team • MJ: People focus, passion , conviction. Continuous learning, creativity. Creative and knowledge at her best, truly caring for people and staff • M: Brings a human services lens, vision, practical way of ding things, focus on outcomes, strategic outlook, engages staff and provides clarity. Uses pictures to increase clarity, likes and cares for people, connects different things together, abstract thinking (ideas) • B: Overall dynamic and tendency to discuss issues, follows-up on things, planning skills common sense, dependability, admitting mistakes, integrity. Clear communicator. Very high level of organization. • A: Passion, commitment, trying to be better, problem, solving skills, value passion to the job, ability to adapt and rebuild, planning, passion drives her commitment, relentlessness, passion for people, great memory
Q4 Common themes from stories • We are at our best when we… • Trust each other, each of our ability to lead even if it’s mixed with some fear • Are striving for the same goals or outcomes • Walk the talk and model the behaviours ourselves • Equip staff, trust staff and let go • Bring our unique strengths to the team in order to serve the vision • Don’t make judgements about each other and we remember that we are aligned in our core purpose • Share and look for input and feedback from each other • Stop occasionally and take stock of progress • Use tensions between us to grow and learn together, we do best when we talk issues through • Take time to listen to each other as human beings
We use tensions between us to grow and learn together, we do best when we talk issues through • We do best when we remember that we are aligned in our core purpose