WLA Teamwork

Summary

The Walsh Leadership Academy's upcoming session focuses on teamwork and leadership, addressing the common fears and challenges associated with collaboration. Tom Pets, COO of Walsh College and creator of the Academy, discusses the importance of hiring the right team members and the dynamics that contribute to successful teams. The session aims to provide practical, actionable insights for leaders across industries, with a goal of creating work environments where people are eager to contribute and solve complex problems.

Takeaways

• 🌟 The Walsh Leadership Academy is progressing into its third session, focusing on teamwork and leadership.
• 🎯 Tom Pets, COO of Walsh College and creator of the Leadership Academy, emphasizes the importance of effective teamwork.
• 🤝 Teamwork can be a source of fear for some due to past experiences, but it's crucial for leaders to establish successful teams.
• 📈 The session will explore how to create desirable and efficient teams that integrate well within the organization.
• 🚀 Topics include the hiring process and its impact on team success, as well as addressing team dysfunctions.
• 💡 A good hiring process is about increasing the chances of making the right decisions, though perfection is unattainable.
• 🌟 The Academy's program is designed to be accessible, allowing participants to join at any point in the series.
• 📊 Feedback from previous sessions has been overwhelmingly positive, with five-star ratings and valuable input from internal staff.
• 🎓 The WLA is now offering continuing education credits for SHRM certification, enhancing its value to HR professionals.
• 📅 The next session is scheduled for April 11th, and interested individuals can sign up through the Walsh College website.
• 🏆 The overarching goal of the Leadership Academy is to provide practical, applicable leadership strategies that can be immediately implemented in various industries.

Q & A

What is the main focus of the upcoming session at Walsh Leadership Academy?

The main focus of the upcoming session is teamwork and team leadership, specifically addressing how to create effective and desirable teams within an organization.

What are some common fears individuals have about teamwork?

Some individuals fear teamwork because they have experienced both very good and very bad collaborative experiences. The fear arises from the uncertainty of whether the team will work well together or if it will be a waste of time with unproductive dynamics.

How does the Walsh Leadership Academy approach the topic of hiring in the context of team building?

The Academy discusses the hiring process as a critical component of team building. They emphasize the importance of crafting a system that increases the likelihood of hiring the right people who will fit well within the team and the organization.

What is the significance of the hiring process in creating successful teams?

A successful hiring process can significantly improve the chances of team success. It ensures that the individuals brought onto a team are not only capable but also a good fit in terms of team dynamics and organizational culture.

What is the role of Sherm in the context of the Walsh Leadership Academy?

Sherm plays a role in the Academy by offering continuing education credits for the classes attended at the Walsh Leadership Academy. This partnership benefits those who are Sherm certified or connected to the Sherm community.

How has the feedback from previous sessions been received?

The feedback from previous sessions has been overwhelmingly positive, with five-star ratings and appreciative comments from both participants and internal staff. The sessions have been effective in addressing team dynamics and leadership.

What should a first-time participant expect from a Walsh Leadership Academy session?

A first-time participant should expect a practical, engaging, and interactive session. The session is designed to be accessible, regardless of the individual's industry or background, and to provide immediately applicable leadership strategies and insights.

How does the Walsh Leadership Academy ensure the relevance and applicability of the content?

The Academy focuses on delivering practical, tactical content that is relevant to real-world leadership situations. They provide strategies and practices that can be applied across various departments and industries, emphasizing timeless principles of effective teamwork and leadership.

What is the goal of the Walsh Leadership Academy in terms of participant experience?

The goal is to provide a challenging yet enjoyable experience that leaves participants feeling inspired and equipped with practical leadership tools. The Academy aims to create a positive learning environment that fosters growth and engagement.

How can individuals sign up for the upcoming session at the Walsh Leadership Academy?

Individuals can sign up for the session by visiting Walsh College's website at Walshcollege.edu/WLA, where they will find information about the session and a form to register.

What is the date for the next session at the Walsh Leadership Academy?

The next session at the Walsh Leadership Academy is scheduled for April 11th.

Outlines

00:00

🌟 Introduction to Teamwork and Leadership Session

The script begins with an introduction to the third session of the Walsh Leadership Academy, highlighting the positive feedback received so far. The focus shifts to the upcoming session on teamwork and team leadership, with the host inviting Tom Pets, the Chief Operating Officer of Walsh College and creator of the Leadership Academy, to discuss the session's objectives and potential developments. Tom emphasizes the importance of creating desirable and effective teams, acknowledging the fear and challenges associated with teamwork. The session aims to explore nuances and dynamics to ensure successful team integration within organizations.

05:01

📈 Hiring Process and Team Dynamics

Tom Pets delves into the specifics of the upcoming session, starting with the hiring process as a critical component of building successful teams. He discusses the common challenges leaders face in ensuring they select the right candidates, emphasizing the need for a system that maximizes the chances of making good hiring decisions. The session will also cover fundamental team dynamics, including the reasons behind successful and unsuccessful team performance, using examples from sports teams to illustrate the point. Tom also touches on the importance of hiring in relation to teamwork and introduces new developments at the Walsh Leadership Academy, including the accreditation of their classes for continuing education credits.

10:03

💡 Feedback and Expectations for New Participants

The conversation shifts to the feedback received from previous sessions, with overwhelmingly positive responses and a perfect rating from participants. The host and Tom discuss the value of incorporating this feedback into future sessions. They also address the expectations of new participants, reassuring them that the program is designed to be accessible and beneficial regardless of their professional development background. The session is presented as an opportunity for individuals to enhance their leadership skills with practical, applicable knowledge in an engaging and inclusive environment, applicable across various industries.

Keywords

💡Teamwork

Teamwork refers to the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal. In the context of the video, it is central to the discussion of leadership and effective management, emphasizing the importance of creating teams that work well together and integrate seamlessly with the rest of the organization. The video addresses common fears and misconceptions about teamwork and explores how to foster an environment where teamwork thrives.

💡Leadership

Leadership is the ability to guide, inspire, and influence a group of people towards achieving a common goal. In the video, leadership is discussed in relation to team dynamics, highlighting the role of leaders in creating desirable teams and fostering a positive organizational culture. It underscores the leader's responsibility in crafting hiring processes and addressing team dysfunctions.

💡Walsh Leadership Academy

The Walsh Leadership Academy is an educational program created by Walsh College, aimed at developing leadership skills. It is the platform through which the discussions in the video script are facilitated, covering various topics related to leadership and team management.

💡Hiring Process

The hiring process refers to the series of steps an organization takes to attract, screen, interview, and select new employees. In the video, it is highlighted as a critical component of successful teamwork, emphasizing the need for a system that increases the likelihood of choosing the right candidates who will contribute positively to the team's dynamics and overall success.

💡Team Dynamics

Team dynamics refers to the interactions and processes that occur within a team, affecting its functioning and performance. The video delves into understanding the underlying factors that can lead to team success or dysfunction, regardless of individual talents or skills.

💡Continuing Education Credits

Continuing education credits are units awarded to professionals who engage in additional learning and development activities beyond their initial qualifications. In the video, it is mentioned that the Walsh Leadership Academy's classes now count towards these credits for SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) certification, recognizing the value of the program for HR professionals.

💡Feedback

Feedback refers to the opinions, suggestions, or comments provided by individuals about a particular experience or process. In the video, feedback is used to assess the effectiveness of the Leadership Academy sessions and to make improvements based on participants' responses.

💡Professional Development

Professional development involves activities or programs designed to improve the skills and knowledge of professionals in their field. In the video, it is discussed as a benefit of participating in the Leadership Academy sessions, allowing individuals to grow their leadership capabilities regardless of their industry or current role.

💡Organizational Culture

Organizational culture refers to the shared values, beliefs, and practices that shape the work environment and influence the behavior of its members. In the video, creating a positive organizational culture is presented as a leadership goal, where leaders aim to establish a workplace that employees look forward to being a part of.

💡SHRM

SHRM stands for the Society for Human Resource Management, which is a professional human resources organization that provides resources, certifications, and networking opportunities for HR professionals. In the video, it is mentioned that the Walsh Leadership Academy's classes now count towards continuing education credits for SHRM-certified individuals.

Highlights

Walsh Leadership Academy is moving into its third session with positive feedback.

Tom Pets, COO of Walsh College and creator of the Leadership Academy, joins to discuss the upcoming session.

The session focuses on teamwork and leadership with the theme 'Making the Dream Work'.

Teamwork can be a fearful concept for some due to past experiences of success or failure in team settings.

Leaders aim to create teams that individuals want to be a part of and that integrate well with the organization.

The session will explore nuances and dynamics of effective team creation and management.

Hiring is a crucial topic to be discussed, focusing on the process of getting the right people on the team.

The session will address how to craft a hiring process that increases the likelihood of success.

Even with a great hiring process, teams may still face challenges and dysfunctions.

The Academy will discuss the underlying issues that prevent talented teams from being successful.

WLA has expanded to offer its classes for continuing education credits for SHRM certification.

Feedback from previous sessions has been overwhelmingly positive, with a 5-star rating.

The program is designed for easy entry, regardless of where participants join in the series.

The session is intended to provide practical, immediately applicable leadership strategies.

The session aims to be engaging, with a balance of challenge and enjoyment for participants.

The session is relevant to all industries, focusing on timeless leadership principles.

The goal is to foster a workplace environment where people are eager to come and collaborate.

The next session is scheduled for April 11th.

Registration for the session can be done through Walsh College's website.

Transcripts

Walsh Leadership Academy as we March

into the third session uh we are getting

some incredible feedback on what's

happened so far and now as we move into

this next one about teamwork and team

leadership uh I thought it was important

to bring Tom pets in here today so we

can talk about what's happened so far

what's coming up in this session and

maybe some cool developments that have

happened over the last few sessions so

so Tom I'm going to again I know you've

introduced yourself before but I do a

quick introduction again and then we'll

dive right into the next session yeah

I'm Tom pets I'm the Chief Operating

Officer here at Walsh college and also

created the Walsh Leadership Academy as

well nice love it so this next session

coming up this one's all about teamwork

it is making the dream workor it is so

what is coming up in this next session

well you know teamwork is one of those

Concepts we know from interacting with

students that is terrifying to some

individuals you you you have these this

vision of either a really good

experience where everything was clicking

and everybody was working together and

you got a really great result out of it

or there's the other side of it which

was terrible like a waste of time a

waste of time you were dragging people

across the finish line and all of these

other Dynamics so it it

causes people to fear teamwork to a

degree but as Leaders we know we have to

have teams that we leading so how do we

create teams that people want to be on

how do we create teams that work well

not only with one another but integrate

well with the rest of the organization

so we're going to explore a lot of those

different nuances and Dynamics in that

session which is good because I think a

lot of people when they hear that it's

going to be a session about teamwork now

even with a catchy title like making the

dream work it still gives this

connotation of like yeah but like I've

done teamwork I've done those things so

what are some you've touched on a couple

things but give me a little bit more on

what are some of the topics that we

going to be covering in this session

yeah sure uh one of the first things

that we're going to be talking about in

the session is hiring the hiring process

because you know if you talk to any

leader when they go through the

interview process with a lot of people

it's it's a it you know are we go are we

getting the right

person you know we've looked at them on

paper we've had some time to interact

with them and you're going to be making

in a lot of cases an get a guess and you

know then the first day starts and then

you realize you either you made a really

good decision or you know within a

couple of days or or weeks you're going

oh boy I I just I I I wish I would have

made a different call and how do

you craft a system how do you craft a

process that helps you get it right more

often than than than not because in any

situ hiring situation you're never going

to be perfect but you want to try and

give yourself in Advantage every single

time that you can and so we're going to

be looking at how do we do that process

what are the questions that we should be

asking individuals that we want to bring

on to our teams so that's one of the

things we're going to be talking about

then the other thing that we're going to

be talking about are some fundamental

dynamics of teams so let's assume that

you have a great hiring process and

you've got all the right people in the

room and your team's still not

successful you know one of the the

classic examples this happens all the

time with sports teams you get people in

who are superstars know Calvin Johnson

on the Lions a good a good example Hall

of Fame player team was not successful

well in the there were a number of

people on the on some of his teams that

were really great players but how come

that team wasn't

successful and you know we're seeing

that change now with with different

leadership right you know comes in sets

a different culture such a different

tone but what are those underlying uh

we'll call them dysfunctions that

prevent talented teams from being

successful as well yeah and that's a

really interesting thing to to put into

perspective because a lot of times when

we talk about teamwork hiring is not the

thing that's on top of mine but it

absolutely comes into play so it's a

that's a great addition into this and it

also leads into some of the newer

developments and what's happening with

WLA because again when it comes into

hiring you think more about the HR side

so there has been some really

interesting things that happened with

the HR side of the w

where we are now offering uh all of the

wa classes will now count towards the

continuing education credits for Sherm

and how did that come to be uh it was

really we had some people who were Sherm

certified you know already in our

ecosystem and we do a lot of great work

with Sherm already and Sherm prep and

we're already connected to to that group

of individuals and you know through some

different some different dialogues

listening to people

we made a connection with them and said

you know what this is what we're doing

this is how we're doing it and they gave

us a couple of things make sure that

you're getting feedback which was

something that we would do anyway right

and just giving us the system uh to do

and it it just became a very obvious and

easy thing for us to do so we're excited

to be able to offer that as well as uh

the sessions themselves yeah which is

incredible I mean and what an offering

into the shm community to be able to

have this option for continuing

education

now one of the things you talked about

was feedback now we've done this is

coming up on our third session now right

what kind of feedback have we heard so

far on previous sessions so very good

feedback so far we asked uh two very

simple questions we know that people are

dealing with are all busy they have

things they don't have time to take a a

30 question survey so we just asked two

questions really what did you think of

the session rate it on a scale of one to

five and then what feedback do you have

for our teams and then we take that

feedback and and apply it back into to

to the session so five stars across the

board for both sessions so far the

feedback that we have had also from

internal staff has been has been great

it's been interesting because I just

offered this session internally to one

of our teams who wanted to just have

their team work as a team um as as it

was forming you know you're trying to

set some some standards down and get

people some principl and and practices

to help them as as they grow as a team

as well feedback from there was really

good too so you know and that's that's

something that people don't often think

about is is sometimes the best the best

time to get involved in making things

better is before there's a problem yes

and so if you could do it from the

beginning I mean people say it about

even therapy right like don't wait until

there's a problem to go and talk to

somebody that knows what they're talking

about start now start start out so when

you talk about you know a teamwork

situation you may sit back and go well

yeah I have this team and you know we're

still we're still coming on board we got

to learn each other first we go through

somebody that understands how to do that

the right way and build build a

foundation that's already strong right

so that's a great it's a great session

so now uh let's take it let's take this

back to somebody who may be joining this

session as their very first one now

we've done a couple we have some

feedback that way and a lot of those

will transfer in but what is what should

somebody expect from a session like this

when they're coming in for the very

first one yeah so you know first thing

thing is is that anybody who hasn't

attended the any of the other ones

should feel free to sign up for these um

we have people who come in and out we

have people who sign up for one and they

sign up for the rest of them so we we

have designed the program so that it's

an easy on-ramp for people to pick it up

wherever we are in our Cadence of how we

are offering things so um there there's

that part what was the other part that

you asked so well so I think the big the

biggest piece is when people are coming

into one of these sessions and it's the

very first one they've ever done they

may not have reached out and done

professional development before so when

they're coming into this session in

particular there may be this this

concern right right at the beginning

where they're like look I I'm not

somebody's looking for a degree but I

know this is hosted by Walsh College

what is that what is that benefit of

doing a program like this hosted by a

group of people who also are at the

college yeah so the I think what people

can expect and you know this is what we

do and this is what we've done for over

a hundred years is we we take the

Practical and we deliver it very

succinctly very

tactically and give you things that you

can take away and use in your own

leadership walking out of the session so

and we try and do it in a way that is

going to be very

relevant and not doing in a way that

just is is

continually uh forcing things down your

throat or ideas we give you space to

explore to think to reflect we also do

things we have a lot of fun we we do a

lot of of laughing smiling in the

sessions and we want this to be a really

great experience for people so that you

walk out of there feeling challenged but

also feeling like that was a really

great experience and I feel good about

taking the the principles and practice

is back to my workplace back to my teams

and putting them into play yeah and and

even beyond that I mean we're talking

about anybody from any industry is going

to benefit from this you don't have to

come in and say oh I'm you know I'm from

marketing you're from it next person's

from accounting it doesn't matter we're

all going to come in and we're going to

have that shared experience and be able

to grow from that yeah we tap into

principles and practices that we feel

are more Timeless and that they cross

boundaries of of departments and um just

how people want to operate I think

people want to have a workplace that

they look forward to coming to every day

what are the different things that we

can do as Leaders to kind of set that

tone that this is a place where people

want to be working and interacting and

solving tough challenges and things like

that absolutely absolutely and that's

exciting it's exciting stuff so when is

the next session it is on April 11th so

we're getting the 411 on April 11th

perfect awesome and then uh how do we

get people to sign up so all you have to

do is go to Walsh college.edu

WLA perfect and there is information on

the session and a form where you can get

a connected and signed up perfect well

I'm looking forward to this one and I

can't wait to hear about how this one

goes and uh everybody that gets involved

in the exciting things they take away

all right yeah awesome thanks time

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