Values from individuals to teams (reserve 90mn in total)

[Anne Gelebart]

Values from individuals to teams (reserve 90mn in total)

Exercise 1: Identifying personal values (30mn)
– Read the following visualisation to the group. Ask them to be relaxed and just be in the experience (5mn).
1st do a quick body scan for people to re-center then read read the following text:

Turn the clock back and remember a time in your life when you felt your full power —a time when your spine, arms, and fingertips were tingling with excitement,
a time when you didn’t care what anyone thought of you. You were fully alive! (Pause)
Questions: Where were you? What were you doing? Who was around you? What was occurring in them at that time? What was your impact on them?

– Give a few minutes for people to journal about the experience and write was was important for them.

– Break the group into pairs to discuss their experience (10mn), give them the below questions as a guideline for the conversation.
• What was important?
• What was the feeling?
• What values were present?
• What do you know now?

– Ask people to share in the larger group their learning (10mn)

Ask the group to give a definition of ‘values’. Write it down on a white board for everyone to see ask the group to give some examples of values.

Exercise 2: Team Values exercise (45 mn)
– Break the group into groups of 4 and ask the groups to discuss their personal values (30mn).

Use the below questions as a guideline:
• What are they?
• What are the most important values for you @ work?

Instructions:
Gather with your group’s individual values and write them on the post it notes provided

– In the whole group, put all post it notes on the wall and define the top 5 values for the team (15mn)

Instructions:
Everyone has 3 votes. Ask everyone to vote on their most important top 3 values.
Adjust at the end to end up with the top 5 for the team and check people resonate with the values that have been chosen

Exercise 3: Wrap Up (15 min)
• How do you want to keep it alive every day? Look for actionable items.
• Next steps

Note: This exercise can be done online using whiteboards or miro and breakout rooms…

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