{"id":271,"date":"2007-12-02T15:43:54","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T19:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judykat.com\/ken\/2007\/12\/02\/closed-circle\/"},"modified":"2011-02-05T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T23:20:26","slug":"closed-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judykat.com\/ken-judy\/closed-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Closed Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just watched “The Heart of the Game<\/span>“, a documentary about the Roosevelt Roughrider’s girl’s basketball team<\/a> (my old high school).<\/p>\n

At key moments, the coach called a closed circle meeting where the players went off by themselves coming back with resolution or a group decision.<\/p>\n

In the first example, the team worked through tension between players resulting in dramatically better play — going from tight games to blowing out opponents.<\/p>\n

In the second example, the team rallied around a player at the risk of forfeiting their season. <\/p>\n

As reward for their camaraderie and commitment, the coach<\/a>\"\" made sure every player received game time during the close-fought final championship game. What’s more, the starters rallied around his decision. The younger players not only held their own but played above themselves.<\/p>\n

There’s a lot of hype about teamwork in business and self-directed teams in agile practice. A lot of managers look to sports as an example. Rarely do we pull it off. <\/p>\n

At the end of the day, it’s about actions that value the group as much as the individuals and actions that source from trust to earn trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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