mon-yough team development

Thanks to the continued participation and dedication of municipal officials of the Mon-Yough District, the Mon-Yough team is starting to take shape. Through honest, facilitated discussion thus far, we are beginning to be able to answer the question, “Who is Team Mon-Yough?” From this shared process, group voices are beginning to come together and the characteristics of the team are starting to be teased out. 
 
Although each municipality has its own unique and separate characteristics, many also overlap and inform the Mon-Yough as a whole. At the September meeting, we had asked municipal officials to participate in a team WIKI (“What I Know Is”) exercise where participants paired up to ask each other a series of questions. From this exercise, it's clear that team members share several of the same values, motivations, expectations of others, and limits. 
 
The Mon-Yough team is one that: 

• Values commitment to community;
• Is motivated by new ideas and completing projects;
• Expects cooperation and honesty as members work together;
• Cannot abide by an unwillingness to participate or apathy.

 
At the end of the meeting, compiling team statements helped to summarize what was learned about the team in the team WIKI exercise. These statements fall into four buckets: commitment to citizens, working together, ethical responsibility, and hardworking nature. Through the process of identifying team values, motivations, expectations of others, and limits, we have started to define how the Mon-Yough team can successfully function together. As we move forward through this shared process, we will continue to tease out more values and characteristics, fill these buckets, and inform our reimagining of the Mon-Yough region.