Reflection and Evaluation comments from "How To Work As A Team" training with Plumas County Social Services in beautiful Quincy, CA.
June 10, 2014
Joe Tassinari, UC Davis Instructor
Reflection is utilized to promote communication and understanding among team members.
Reflection
What makes a good team member as stated by Social Services personnel Plumas County:
- Communication
- Respectful
- Humor
- Collaboration
- Flexible
- Positive Attitude
- Cooperative
- Honor
- Trustworthy
- Laugh
- Hard Work
- Be Involved
- Patience
- Participation
- Accepting
- Dependable
- Smile
- Helpful
- Positive
- Kindness
- Loyal
- Truthful
- Love
"What Makes A Good Team" archive
Agreements for the day
- Respectful
- Open Minded
- Participate as a team member
Δ Team Improvement (what could be improved in the dept.)
- Communication
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Understanding
Compassion
Acceptance
Respect
Empathy
✚ Is Working Well (what is working well in the dept.)
- Excellent customer service towards clients
- Kindness and compassion even when things get rough
Who is someone at Plumas County that you are grateful for and why?
- Kristie – helpful and kind
- Jessica – does her job with a smile
- Suzanne – awesome supervisor
- Susan R. – positive motivator
- Neal – always has our back
- Bree – helpful
- Karen H. – helpful and giving
- Sandra Y. – good trainer & knowledgeable
- Suzanne W. – positive, handles angry clients well
- Neal – shares common values
- Suzanne – hard worker, good supervisor
- Chrissy – helped me with things outside of work
Evaluation Comment Results
What were the strengths of the course? What did you value most?
- Cooperation of all
- The course engaged the students
- Instructor did well getting us involved when most were apprehensive about the class. Valued team building.
- Fun way to learn appreciation for my co-workers.
- Creative, inclusive, positive, great teaching style, fun
- Activities
- Joe created a safe, positive learning environment
- Group participation. Ease of presentation.
- Learning how to be positive
How could this course be improved?
- Having people participate fully
- No suggestions
- Lose the touchy/feely part
- More integration of ancient wisdom – there are so many resources available to individual exploration (chakras, etc.)
- It was perfect
- Can’t
How will you apply what you learned?
- To building relationships at work
- With enthusiasm and positivity
- Will be kinder and more understanding to my fellow staff members.
- Stay open minded.
- I will utilize some of the ideas in meetings and within the office.
- Daily – reaffirming of personal practice
- I intend to be kinder and happier and practice positivity
- Everyday practice
Participants
Alice, Suzanne, Neal, Bree, Karen H., Jessica, Pam, Sandra, Jennifer, Frank, Kristie V., Karen S., Joe