Keeping The Main Thing The Main Thing

John blogs …

In leadership terms ‘the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing’ so we’ve developed some team and personal goals to help us keep focused.

Team goals are developing around the following:

• Having had a memorable, rewarding and enjoyable cultural and vocational exchange experience
• Having an enhanced collective understanding of Sri Lankan culture and work practices
• Having built a network of friendships and relationships within and between District 1100 and District 3220
• Being seen as effective ambassadors for Rotary International and District 1100

Many personal goals have already been developed and described in the individual statements in each member’s biog. We’ve decided not to ascribe names to the following but readers may find it a bit of fun to see if they could put team names beside these:

• Developing skills in photography and videography
• Developing skills with social networking sites
• Designing and managing the team’s website and blog, before, during and after the exchange
• Keeping the team safe and healthy during the exchange (as far as is reasonable)
• Enabling the team to perform effectively at District 1100 Conference and any follow-up presentations to Rotary Clubs
• Building confidence in public speaking
• Building an effective GSE team
• Reflecting on independent/interdependent skills

I anticipate that we’ll be refining these over time and possibly creating others as we go along. This list will give us something to refer to as we complete our reflective diaries.