Adjourning...

7:58 AM by Cortnee Ingram
This is something I have been thinking about a lot lately. As you know I am getting married so my "group" and "project" are wrapped in family, friends, and a lot of emotions. I have been a part of wonderful groups before where it was such a positive experience I wanted to tackle more projects together. I have also been a part of groups where I just wanted the project to be over as well. The best feeling is being appreciated and that is what I hope to accomplish with my group. 

I truly want my group (family and friends) to understand how their help putting my wedding together has meant to me. I have no idea how to portray this. I have thought about a speech at the rehearsal dinner and at the wedding. I have thought about getting some perfect sentimental gift for all involved (but can't since I am now broke ;) or just simply saying thank you to everyone. Nothing seems good enough for the sacrifices all have made to be away from family and to support me and my fiance in our plans. 

I feel that adjourning has to happen because all projects come to an end eventually. Of course, the wedding will be the adjournment, and hopefully part of the present for my friends and family to see what they have accomplished in such a short amount of time. I just pray they all understand how special they are to me and my fiance and how much we do appreciate their tenacity, their commitment  and their passion for helping us in this time. 

 Thanks,
Cortnee :)
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Disagreements & Conflicts...

7:10 AM by Cortnee Ingram
One of the problems we are having in our program right now is having leads that are getting different information and giving different information to each of us. We are also having a problem with them simply not answering our questions or getting frustrated with us asking them. We are a fairly new program and we are trying to set a precedent but without support that is almost impossible. 

One of the things we decided to do was have a meeting and ask questions anonymously to our leads boss. This seemed like a good idea and most of us were trying to use the three R's, even though we didn't know they were the three R's. I could tell most of us were trying to respect the conversation, reciprocate and respond in a positive manner. The unfortunate part was a few of the women were not acting the same way. They were getting defensive over things the rest of us did not even understand. I think if we had all been coming from a place of respect we would have had a truly wonderful meeting. Unfortunately not all of us understand what it means to respect, reciprocate, and respond. 

Has anyone else had this happen in their staff meetings? How can we change this? The only thing I can think of is to model the correct behavior because confronting it may only make it worse?

 Thanks,
Cortnee :)
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Surprising Communication...

7:22 PM by Cortnee Ingram
The one thing that surprised me the most about how I evaluated myself as a communicator and how others evaluated me was that we all seemed to view my communication the same, or nearly the same. This was surprising because you usually see yourself differently than others see you. But in this case we all seemed to be within a few points of each other. 

Another insight I gained this week about communication is that I am a people-oriented communicator. I was surprised that it meant I was not a content or time oriented communicator. Even though I knew this, it was strange to see the different groups and how I did or did not fit into them. 

Thanks,
Cortnee :)
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