My restless body and mind are still up through this very late nighter. I will soon have to start readjusting my biological clock to its normal state. Probably because of the black coffee from Boh Tea (this is my first time drinking coffee from Boh!) that I drank earlier at a meeting. A meeting that I described very successful in meeting its agenda. A meeting, though not that many attendees, yet very productive, where bunch of highly spirited members were reflecting at thier past and planning the future. It is very rare that I feel this fulfilling attending a meeting. Everyone knows each other. Everyone constructively build upon each other's views and opinions.
This is indeed a newly self-managed team, comprised of members with high self-efficacy that has given the sense of empowerment to all the members; where leadership has now became a shared activity, where the accountability has been shifted from few key members to both individual and collective, where the group has developed its purpose and mission for the upcoming 4 quarters, and where effectiveness is measured by the group's collective outcome.
This is indeed a cohesive group that has reached its norming stage; after we had successfully passed the forming and storming stage, where question such as "Can we agree on roles and work as a team?" is ubiqutiously in everybody's frame of mind. The transition to this stage is a reflection of highly charismatic and highly transactional leadership characteristics and values enacted by the deputy director. High on people and high on task. Or is this just another truth of the theory that now I am in the in-group, that all these should make sense to me?
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