An e-mail was sent out to a team to prepare on their activities before turning up for the meeting. An SMS was sent as a reminder to ensure they read their e-mails. But guess what, when the interim leader called the meeting to order, looks like all attending were not prepared cos they either did not read the complete mail & had just scanned through or not checked their mails at all. It was essential to have the input from each of the member on their areas for an upcoming project. So, what could we do in the short time with no one prepared. We even had guests from a visiting team team from the capital city to join and learn on the best practices.
Fortunately, the Secretary of the team arrived though a little late. Alas, the saviour! She shared who was responsible for each activity and the interim leader assigned the members who were to plan out items to prepare for their respective activities. The remaining members were sent to perform the final recruitment drive for participation in the project.
They were all required to update on their assigned roles before dispersing for the day. Looked like the communication mode still failed. So, the interim leader requested for the summary of the items required for the respective activities and it was a wild goose chase again. A had to locate B to get the lists.
Meanwhile, there were no numbers available on recruitment provided either. Upon using technology of SMS to get this information from one of the team members, again, the interim leader was re-directed to the Secretary. Upon enquiring for the Secretary's contact, looks like the team member was not aware. Anyway, eventually the information was obtained.
Talk about the importance of working together as a team and using technology to assist e.g. SMS, e-mail, IM, phone calls etc. There is still opportunity to work on. One man show versus Team Work.
Fortunately, the Secretary of the team arrived though a little late. Alas, the saviour! She shared who was responsible for each activity and the interim leader assigned the members who were to plan out items to prepare for their respective activities. The remaining members were sent to perform the final recruitment drive for participation in the project.
They were all required to update on their assigned roles before dispersing for the day. Looked like the communication mode still failed. So, the interim leader requested for the summary of the items required for the respective activities and it was a wild goose chase again. A had to locate B to get the lists.
Meanwhile, there were no numbers available on recruitment provided either. Upon using technology of SMS to get this information from one of the team members, again, the interim leader was re-directed to the Secretary. Upon enquiring for the Secretary's contact, looks like the team member was not aware. Anyway, eventually the information was obtained.
Talk about the importance of working together as a team and using technology to assist e.g. SMS, e-mail, IM, phone calls etc. There is still opportunity to work on. One man show versus Team Work.
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