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BEYOND APPRENTICE™
144 Respondents If I had to describe this event to a
colleague, the three words I would use are: (Briefly explain) Fun 73 Challenging 50 Creative 40 Teamwork
/ team building 30 Interpreting 14 Exciting 13 Thought
Provoking 13 Entertaining 11 Stressful 11 Innovative 8 Interactive 7 Collaborative 6 Funny 5 Organized 5 Unique 5 Enjoyable 4 Original 4 Spontaneous 4 Awesome 3 Difficult 3 Energizing 3 Enlightening 3 Intense 3 Communication 2 Competitive 2 Different 2 Educational 2 Fast
paced 2 Follow
directions 2 Informative 2 Inventive 2 Motivating 2 Pressure 2 Revealing 2 Stimulating 2 A
blast Amazing Bonding
experience Complicated Contemporary Connection Cooperative Crazy Effective Engaging Excellent Experience Fellowship Flexible Friendly Good
Mixer Great Hectic Humorous Imaginative Inspiring Invigorating Leadership
Unbelievable One
Team Pop
culture - relevant Positive Practical
Great presenters Productive Provocative Refreshing Resourceful
Fast paced Strategic Stretching Super Surprising Teamwork
with strangers Thinking
outside my box Time
management
Energizing Too
short Trust Ultimate
teamwork Using
different strategies from other resources Unpredictable Valuable lesson learned Vague Valuable
networking Working
with other organizations within the company
As a result of this Beyond Apprentice
session, the one thing that became clear to me about the value and importance
of team vision is:
Collective
body of knowledge is better than individual knowledge
The
ability to agree on concepts & direction
Everyone
has importance in providing an end product
All
aspects of production have to communicate with each other to be successful
Cooperation
and collaboration
Team
building
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All
project team members being on same page with regards to the end goal – being
able for team to focus to get to goal
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Listening to new ideas
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Central values and goals
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Working together respecting all opinions
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It takes all to participate and carry a project
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Being on the same page with a diverse group
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Once everyone is on the same page, it is easily
accomplished. But everyone must
buy into the idea
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Respect for all members of the team and how
important each person is to fulfill a vision
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Matching skill to function
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It took all associates to complete the task
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Working together, listening to all ideas and pulling
together as a team
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You can’t get there without a team
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Listening to others; being open to everyone’s ideas;
as a team everything pulls together easier and more complete
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Working together to bring together a concept
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To first decide on an overall goal & vision &
fill in tactical steps last
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Everyone has something to contribute
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Buy in of the concept
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Everyone has input
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Keeps the team focused on the task @ hand
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How well the “group dynamic” works
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Respecting the individuals you work with and allow
everyone the opportunity to participate in the task
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Dividing up tasks makes a team more efficient
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Working together as a team and also choosing a team
leader to ensure we are completing the goals
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You must get a vision established quickly
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Have to be open to ideas and look for best idea, not
necessarily your idea
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Listening is everything
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Leadership to convey group structure and vision is
essential
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Slotting people according to their primary skill
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It was clear to me how necessary it is to get
everyone’s input and work together
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The team comes up with better ideas than one person
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Must bring everyone on the same page
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Everyone has to buy into the idea in order for it to
truly be a team
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Working together as a team to accomplish task;
leaders emerge
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It takes a “team” approach + trust in the
individuals to make the team work
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Communication; 1st instincts
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Direction
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Leadership; thinking out of the box; questioning
ideas
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You need to work together as a team to complete the
project
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In order to react quickly to situations, visions
must be communicated. Along with that,
it has to be “bought” by all team members in order for people to work to a
common goal
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Working smart
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Every person has something to contribute to the
company/team’s success
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Staying focused to execute the concept in a short
period of time
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Unity
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Multiple heads are better than one
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Read the directions thoroughly before
anything else; the need for clear leadership
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The whole team is critical to success; everyone
becomes a component
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Teamwork
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Listening to others & understanding their views
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How important patience and listening is to coming up
with an idea
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Working together & listening
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First establishing a goal
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Working on a core concept
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To work together as a team
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You must work together
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Teamwork critical
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It takes everyone’s input & talent to create a
successful final project
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Believing in what you are doing. Putting structure in place to accomplish
goals
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Work together
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With good leadership & a vision, a lot can be
accomplished in short time and with limited resources
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Communication to all departments can only provide
quicker results
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The visions of all employees is unlimited
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Without teamwork nothing gets accomplished
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Respecting the value each person brings to the team;
patience & willingness to listen
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Unity & need to define a common goal and action
plan
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Staying focused as a team is key!
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Best results through collaboration
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Cooperation is a necessity when dealing with time
constraints
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Coming to a decision quickly
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Always keep that main objective/vision out in front
of you
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Must be understood & shared to be successful
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Organization is crucial
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Everyone needs to participate
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I would like to know who was on each team as they
made their presentation
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That everyone’s opinion counts & is valuable
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Plan, leadership & roles
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Importance of teamwork
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Working through full team ownership of the concept
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Being enabled to work together
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Team building
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We rock
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The ability to listen and accept the ideas and
opinions of others
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Teamwork & collaboration
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Leadership
·
Priceless
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To work together
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Necessary to define vision at the beginning of
process
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Coming together stay focused
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It takes many personalities & talents to make a
team
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How important it is to achieve a goal
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Teamwork with new people is easy to achieve
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Rely on
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How to get people to buy into the team effort
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Being open and creative
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Every member of a team has valuable input
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Hearing everyone’s ideas
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It takes all members of the team to achieve the goal
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There is no “I” in team
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Having a cooperative & cohesive agenda; we
worked well as a team, but it could have turned out bad if someone had a
different agenda or idea
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Different ideas coming from so many
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It works!
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Rapid organization of work on the task
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Organization is key
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Everyone worked together to bring different ideas to
the table with each associate’s expertise and experience
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Team roles and responsibilities
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Everyone matters
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“Achieve it together” and it will be greater
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Developing a concept that we could work towards
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Consensus, discussion
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The role of a true plan & leadership
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Having everyone buy into the concept so each sub
group could do their function to contribute to the overall goal of the team
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Focus
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Everyone working to one goal
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Working together as a team is hard but works out in
the end
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Understanding and agreeing on a vision is important
in working together
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Everyone’s ideas are valuable, even if you don’t
agree with it
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Leadership
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How people with different careers and backgrounds
can work together as a team
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How well people need to work with each other and the
value of having many different ideas and specialties
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Organization is critical and associated with this is
time management
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Cooperation, organization with a little give and
take within groups
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Organization; communication
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Working together
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The only way to get large things done
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Must be clear to everyone; sharing
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The vast abilities of different people and
personalities
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Always getting new ideas and learning new ways to
problem solve
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Communication
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Organizing the group
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Collective body of knowledge is better than
· My comments on this session overall:
Great 8
Good 6
Excellent !!
Very team building concept
Good team building exercise
Very creative & a great team
building program
Very fun and energetic event to
promote team building
Effective team building exercise
Very fun – good team building
Very good team building exercise
Great team building – fun
It was a very good tool for teams
that have not routinely worked together
A good training session; good for
all team leaders |