How to help your team ‘build back better’: A boot camp on flexible working - Lesson 3

This is Lesson 3 in the boot camp 'How to help your team ‘build back better': A boot camp on flexible working’.

In this week’s task, discuss and reflect with your team how you have worked. In Activity 1, you explored the ‘what’ – this task helps you to dig deeper, and explore the ‘why’. What worked well? What surprised you? What was a challenge?

The purpose of this activity is to ensure that any future plans are based on a recognition of what made things good or bad over this period. For example, was it the opportunity to take risks and fail? Was it the realisation that your team could respond incredibly well to change – or that your organisation’s technology, while imperfect, was enough to find workarounds when needed? What was everyone’s experience of the enhanced autonomy?

We’ve created a template to capture everyone’s reflections – use this to structure the conversation. We also recommend a Learning Loop approach if you’re comfortable with that methodology – either is sufficient.

This week's activities

1: Watch video (2 mins) Watch this video to hear from Catherine Coghlan about what to expect from this week's lesson.

2: Complete activity 3 (10 mins) Complete activity 3, to review how you worked as a team during Covid-19. You can print the PDF, or write your answers down.

3: Compare your answers (10 mins) If your team members are taking the boot camp with you, compare your answers with theirs. You can also compare your answers with this example for reference, or if you're completing the boot camp on your own.

4: Find out more about the 'Learning Loop' model (18 mins) You can find out more about the 'Continuous Learning Loop' model from this article on Apolitical.

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