Thinking through the fog (audio)

Thinking through the fog, how do we do what we do? Do you spend some time on this?

new banners appearing downtown as the improvement project completes its work

NE Revolution doldrums

Thoughts on the local soccer team and their troubles in losing the last four league games including the last two at home without scoring a goal.

from a recent NE Revs game

correction, the -17 goal differential is correct but the totals should be 29 and 46 (not 30 and 47)

http://www.mlssoccer.com/standings

#nerevs

Thoughts on leadership (audio)

From the collection of thoughts around the Ides of March, to St Patrick's Day, to March Madness, a summary of some thoughts on leadership...




The coaching article can be found here
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2016/03/16/ncaa-2016-tournament-coaches-you-can-and-cant-count-on-in-march/

daffodils starting to blossom

Team work takes practice!

When I was a kid, I always loved a parade.



Yes, the tall kid in the back on your left, that's me - then.

I especially liked the precision rifle drill teams. The ones that marched in formation and did maneuvers twisting and turning, staying in step, not bumping into each other, once in awhile tossing their rifles to each other, never dropping them.

Team work like that takes practice. I know, I eventually joined a rifle drill team. It is hard work. And worthwhile when it all comes together.

At the recent Memorial Day parade in Franklin, there were no precision drill teams. A couple of the school bands had flag twirlers. That is about as close as can you get today.



How is your team work? Are you on the same page? What are your doing to practice?

Insights from the marshmallow challenge

A recent TED Talk shares these insights to what we can learn from teamwork and team building with a simple activity like the Marshmallow Challenge.



More on the Marshmallow Challenge can be found here

Team building wiki

Since mid-2006, this site has been operating to share team building tips and tricks in a wiki format.

Lots of ice breakers and team building exercises there.

Do you have any exercises you have experienced or used to add?

Turco Makes a Difference at Barnstable

Coach Turco and the girl's volleyball team at Barnstable High School are featured in a Boston Globe article today. I used this article to contribute to this month's theme "Make a Difference" at the Joyful Jubilant Learning blog.

You can click over to read the full post here.