Although there are many online tools available to help with communication and collaboration, nothing replaces face to face communication. In this video, a leader of a virtual on-line company makes his case to employees at UPS that face to face contact can not be replaced.
I agree, there are things that can only be accomplished via face to face contact that not even Skype video chat can do. Recently, I went to a team meeting where we got to meet everyone face to face and have meetings that helped us move forward in vision and purpose. Not only did the direct communication between team members was valuable, we spent quality team building time doing fun activities that we can't do virtually (you can't arm wrestle over Google Chat).
This is a great case for conferences and off-site meetings and it can do wonders for a virtual team and communication with potential partners. And even though virtual tools can be used the majority of the time for communication within a team, face to face communication can not be replaced and be one of the team's channel of communication.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
We Need You to Lead
... but people don't follow titles, they follow courage... And if you would just lead them to freedom, they'd follow you. And so would I.
William Wallace
After watching Braveheart the other day, I am reminded of Seth Godin's book, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, which I am currently reading. Tribes are groups of people connected to an idea with other people who follow a leader. A group is a tribe in waiting for a leader.
The Scots had a tribe leader, William Wallace, because he took the stand to lead a common cause - freedom. What is your tribe? What is your cause? And are you going to step up to lead? Because Godin argues that the best person to lead a tribe is you, because no one else will.
I agree - if there is a need for a tribe, a stand for a worthwhile cause, because there is no current tribe for it, it might be because you need to lead it for it to exist.
I think this is very applicable to many situations including campus ministry. For a new staff, a group is an MDA and to turn it into a tribe, it needs a leader. That leader may be you, or it may be a leader you will raise to lead that group so that it becomes a tribe.
After watching Braveheart the other day, I am reminded of Seth Godin's book, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, which I am currently reading. Tribes are groups of people connected to an idea with other people who follow a leader. A group is a tribe in waiting for a leader.
The Scots had a tribe leader, William Wallace, because he took the stand to lead a common cause - freedom. What is your tribe? What is your cause? And are you going to step up to lead? Because Godin argues that the best person to lead a tribe is you, because no one else will.
I agree - if there is a need for a tribe, a stand for a worthwhile cause, because there is no current tribe for it, it might be because you need to lead it for it to exist.
I think this is very applicable to many situations including campus ministry. For a new staff, a group is an MDA and to turn it into a tribe, it needs a leader. That leader may be you, or it may be a leader you will raise to lead that group so that it becomes a tribe.
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