Seats

I apologize for not first discussing rearranging seats with all of the group leaders. I did not realize there would be a backlash for an idea that was meant only to help the group. I would have brought it up at the group leader meeting if I had known we were having one. We need to establish a president or "force" Dr. Feinberg to pick one, so when things like this happen we have someone who can make a decision.

I want to switch seats only for the benefit of the class as a whole. To me my group is merely a small part of the overall picture. I have noticed in class that Dr. Feinberg is actively engaging those in the front rows or the "T" zone. I also notice how unengaged the people towards the back of the class room are. If you sit in your groups, and are asked to participate then that is just another experience y0ur group can use to bond and form relationships. If the same groups always sit in the front then what is this doing for the other groups?

I do not see how this is as complicated as people are claiming it to be. The layout has been decided for you. All you would have to do was email your group members, just as you did the first day we had groups.

I wonder if you stopped to consider why this might benefit the class, before thinking about how it is effecting you and your needs.

Also, what does this say about us as team leaders if we can not accomplish something like implementing a seating chart. What if we were asked to do something much bigger and more complicated? Could we do it?

Suggestion for the future. When one of us makes a decision or suggests something you don't like, ask probing questions to find out why they did it, instead of just saying, "No, I'm not doing it, Sorry!"

Hey guys,
I agree on the seats, it is too complicated to try to move 303 people! Also here is a link to a website that has ALL the 2009 movie releases http://www.themovieinsider.com/movie-releases/TBA/2009/ so maybe you can email this to your members if they are having trouble. Also, are we posting the guidelines? I hope so, I told my group we would have them by tomorrow and if I need to do them I can, I just need to be told to do so(in order to avoid 2 people doing that ) That is all I have for now!
Take care,
Julie Barrett

Group 12 Goals

I want to share my group's goals with all of you and was hoping you would share yours as well.

I developed these goals with 2 members of my group that have gone above and beyond what I had expected any of my members to do.

1- Work together to achieve a 100% participation score for each member for the group memo project.
2- Learn all of each others first and last names
3- Participate in at least 3 full group activities outside of class by the end of the semester
4- Find three people in the group you would lend $50 to if they asked. If you already know 3 people, find 3 more.

I have also started a google group for my group. All of the group members have joined and are encouraged to post comments and discussion questions about leadership.


Cheers,

Katy

Recap from Group Leaders Meeting 2/24/10

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to share more with each of you about some of the things I said in our meeting. I really feel that it is important that we incorporate what we learn in class to our groups and everyday life. Dr. Feinberg is watching us and wants to know that we are learning. How will he know that we are learning, by how we incorporate his lessons into our gourps. Leaders lead by example! Here is something I did with my group after class. I asked them to stay after and help me clean up the classroom. I told them they didn't have to but if they did then there would be an opportunity for extra credit from my evaluation of them as the group leader. Everyone in the group stayed and contributed. This accomplished two thing: 1) It helped with the cohesion in our group and 2) I made the point that the more people we had the easier the work was. More hands make for lighter work. I feel that it is important that we all pitch in at the end of class and clean up our areas. Please feel free to share your ideas and thoughs to this post. We need to take advantage of each others experiences and work together. Thank you all for your support and have a Great Weekend!

Rick Mouser
BOILER UP!

For Wednesday

what were was the instructions for what we need to turn in on wednesday? comments??

stacy

Leadership Brochure Ideas

Hey Leaders,

Comment on this post if you have good ideas for the brochures. Sharing information will benefit the whole class and will look good on us for communicating with each other.

Rick Mouser

brochure

hey guys, i just want to make sure my info i have is correct. the brochure is supposed to be a tri-fold brochure front and back?? correct?

Communicate Effectively

Hello Group Leaders,

Welcome to our new Blog where we will be able to communciate in one voice. If you are new to blogging then CLICK HERE for more information about how to use this site. Here is the URL name for the blog: http://leadership-yo.blogspot.com/. Hopefully this will help reduce some of the information overload and help organized our message. When starting a new topic, be sure to give it a proper label, that way when new/more information is added to that topic it'll be organized for us. Be sure to add this to your favorites and updates. I think that there are many ways to set up yourself on this blog. Let me know if you have any question.

Rick Mouser
Team 9