Sunday, July 23, 2006

Forming storming NORMING performing

Hello,

Have you ever found yourself 30 to 50 percent through a project to
realize that you are past the stage of newness in the team? At my job
I must interact with new teams, where I am an advisor. It is very
important to set the stage early in the relationship. Gaining
understanding about expected behavior, responsibilities, and language
use is critical.

Maybe you are on a high performing team that is half way to your
goal. Do you have a feeling that if some teaming tools were in place
you would have an even higher performing team? What can we add to our
toolbox; well designed behavior norms, a matrix of our strongest
skills, an issue resolution process, please volunteer …

How do you approach your team with these suggestions when you are
clearly no longer in the initial stages of it?

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Tomorrow will be yesterday in two days

Now, life is good. I am sitting with my bluetooth keyboard on a macintosh. I think that I have become one of those evangelical mac users. Having not experierineced one in ages… anyway, it is great. And I am running windows inside of it at the same speed as if it was a windows machine.
 
But enough of that. I would not like to determine my daily happiness with the new toys that I put in the mail. A friend is helping me remember some of the more important things in life. He is a bit older than me and says… If I had the time that you do… you have no idea. He is a Latin guy and gets away with this language. Very fun. And, he knows how to cook! After a week with him I am remembering how I use to make good tasting things. His mother is Italian and he has a lot to share.
 
So, I am at home. Been here a lot lately. Feeling a bit hermitish with a tight body. In some regards, I really want to accomplish the tasks that I have set out upon, but again, I wonder if this is the most healthy thing for me. My friend, Juan, hasn’t directly told me that perhaps I am overdoing it; he also has higher education, but I see that there is lightly weighted patience in his looks. I tell him that these efforts will be complete in about one year and that is it. Then he says, “what then?” And then I tell him that I have secretly been thinking about attaining a PhD. That is crazy, I know. I need to live my life and see the whole picture. That is something that I am lacking right now. I don’t see the fun things to do in Arizona, because I am constantly home in front of the computer.  I see my youth being wasted. That is a scary thought. What should I do? Give up a couple of major things and let it ride. Take the day off and go for a hike.
 
To be honest, I don’t have the slightest clue how to start my youth. I could find reason to be with a  partner… this loss of youth may turn me to burning my ability to finding the right person. Is that what I want? Am I working so hard at school because of fear to be close to a mate? That isn’t so crazy. My “angle” cards told me to forgive my father, praise my mother, and not be afraid of letting a lover under my skin.
 
And the worst part about it is that I have to make this decision everyday. It matters in a small amount what I am going to do tomorrow. That is some reality for me.
 
Well, I am bored with this. I hope that I am not ƒeeling terrible about saying these things and then, with out some climatic conclusion signing off. Just don’t know what else to write about the subject. Goodnight my love.