FHA had their first pursing perfection retreat on Saturday. This is just the beginning of the action with this group. I am excited about what is to come! They are full of energy, some of it not extremely positive but if we can manage to channel it we will be very successful.
They are a group that do not appear to hold back opinion. The way I look at things, as long as we all feel like we are able to contribute and do, and all the ideas get on the table, the sorting of them and organizing them into something that works well is really the easy work. So, it's getting them to the point where they feel like their ideas have value: that is the real work! And I believe we are headed in the right direction, many thanks to Cindy's leadership.
The three staff members that are a part of the guidance team in that clinic are already transforming before our very eyes. It is absolutely amazing what people will do if they feel they have permission.
That is one of the concepts that I have really been kicking around that I feel coming from Marc Pierson on this project. If you don't feel you have permission, take it. I am paraphrasing but that is how I have understood it. That doesn't mean moving forward when it doesn't make sense, it means that if it does make complete sense and you feel you can't you need to explore why that is. Is it because you have made up a barrier that doesn't exist? Is it because there is a barrier that really does exist that needs to be removed? Or is it because there is a barrier that is well placed, and we decide that it's appropriate after further reflection?
The group at FHA is finding out that there are some of all of those. We never know which they are until we push on them a little.
http://www.familyhealth.org/clinics/familyhealthassoc/pursuingperfection.html
Cindy manning's weblog titled "It's what you do next" gives a good summary as well...
http://www.wwpp.org/users/0000022/
