Celebrate Results
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People want to feel connected to something bigger than themselves. Taking time to celebrate steps of progress along the way builds that connection and momentum to keep the team going. In this video, Dr. Pat Greco explains how celebrating results helps teams focus on what matters most and connects them to purpose.
Reflection Activity
Consider your own practices.
- Do you celebrate results in a way that motivates the team to push forward?
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hi I’m Pat Greco I’m the senior director
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for thought leadership at Studer
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education I had a 37-year career in
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public education working as a
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superintendent in a variety of different
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roles results can be very big when we’re
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taking a look at the organization you’re
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gonna be aiming at things that might
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take you a year to accomplish but when
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you stop regularly and celebrate those
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steps that are taking you toward those
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big goals it builds momentum of the team
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and they understand how their actions
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relate to those bigger connections team
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members get lost in the daily operations
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of their work so when they hear this has
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been really helpful
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this action really helps us achieve
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those big aims those big goals that
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might be a ways out it builds momentum
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and excitement staff members want to
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feel connected to something bigger than
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themselves and those regular statements
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are affirming it actually builds that
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sense of teamwork and it also builds
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that celebration so that they understand
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little pieces make a big difference we
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think about a specific example we had a
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Friday evening where we had a heavy
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snowstorm that wasn’t expected we have a
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team that’s really committed to service
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excellence our night team at the high
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school custodial team went out and hand
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shoveled students cars out of the snow
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because we had six inches of snow that
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came within two hours that wasn’t
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expected in that time period those staff
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members didn’t have to do that and the
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students weren’t expecting that level of
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care but that entire team was out in
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that parking lot to make sure the
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students were safe the kids were able to
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get home properly and we actually took a
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moment to on that Monday morning send
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that thank you out to the entire high
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school team on earth at night custodial
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team a lot of times they don’t get seen
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during the course of that eight-hour day
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but those thank yous that were coming up
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via email and those shoutouts from that
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full team made them feel
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did it also reconnected to that direct
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purpose of services everything and
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everyone’s part of that journey and our
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students ultimately are why we’re here
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and and their small actions made a
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significant difference so that quick
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thank you via email went viral across
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that team everyone was chiming in does
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it take a few more minutes to open those
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emails absolutely but the energy it
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built for that team was significant
