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GROUPS:
How Ordinary Teams Achieve
Amazing Results
with
Geoff Bellman and Kathleen Ryan
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Recall an extraordinary experience with a
small group about which you might have
exclaimed:
Amazing! Surprising!
Profound! Exceptional!
Moving! Magical!
--and--
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Our questions
• Why do some groups achieve amazing
results while most others do not?
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Our Field Study
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Impact of Amazing Group Experiences
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Intangible Results
• Learned about one’s self
• Gained or deepened knowledge/skills
• Applied to other parts of life
• Built new or strengthened relationships
• Increased pride
• Heightened self confidence
• Greater sense of community
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Tangible Results
• Library built • Political candidates
• Software developed screened
• Research completed • Championships won
• Conferences held • Market share gained
• Strategies planned • Military missions
• Beach cleaned accomplished
• Micro-credit • Successful int’l
extended internships
• Equipment moved • Cargo transported
• Lives saved • Millions $$$ saved
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Why Groups Are Important Now
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Eight Performance Indicators
8. Great Results
4. Full Engagement
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Six Core Group Needs
Accept one’s self
while
moving toward own Potential
Bond with others
while
pursuing common Purpose
Understand Reality of the world
while
making an Impact
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ACCEPTANCE:
Knowing and
appreciating myself for
who I am.
I am drawn to my possibilities.
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BOND:
Connections among us that
create a shared sense of
identity and belonging.
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PURPOSE:
The reason why we come
together.
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REALITY:
Understanding and accepting
the world as it is and how it
affects us.
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IMPACT:
Our intention to make a
difference and our readiness
to act.
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Transformation is
a fundamental shift
in individual perception that
accelerates behavior change
and personal vitality.
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Four Feelings at the Heart
of Transformation
Energized !
Connected !
Hopeful !
Changed !
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Did this experience energize you
or your group?
•Is Personal
•Can Be Encouraged
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Meeting Group Needs
• Acting based on these needs leads to new options
• There is no formula/recipe/guarantee
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EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
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Use Model to
• Draw out individual and group aspirations
• Design a meeting or event
• Review recent or current group experience
• Coach others in work and life
• Introduce new concepts and language
• Clarify the array of outcomes possible
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Use Model to
• Frame questions about a group’s work
• Diagnose a group or organization
• Create a compelling place to work
• Design an organization for group success
• Frame a common model of group leadership
• Maintain personal focus in your work and life
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Geoff Bellman’s Books…
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Kathleen Ryan’s Books…
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www.extraordinarygroups.com
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