Roamers

Celebrating what you've learnt:

What new learning can you celebrate?

• I can celebrate my understanding of my team. Trying to build a solid team culture and relationships within Kōrepo. 

What have you learnt in the last three weeks?

• Over the last few weeks I have done some learning around coaching, and working with other people to build a reciprocal learning relationship. 
• I have learnt a lot about leading - trying to lead in a way that is not dictating things to people, but working with people and offering them opportunities to be the leader. 
• I have learnt about how difficult relationships can be as a leader, especially when you are leading people who are experienced and older than you, and who are opinionated. 
• I have learnt that there is a time and a place for pushing my views, and that is not all the time. Sometimes there is time to hold back and let things go for a bit so that you can move on to it later on. 

What have you enjoyed and why?

• I have really enjoyed the challenge of leading a team, and have enjoyed being outside of my comfort zone on occasions. I have enjoyed needing to go to people to ask for help, and having them help me through issues. 
• I have enjoyed a lot of robust discussion we have had over the last few weeks, and look forward to it becoming deeper and more challenging as we move on. 

Thinking about what you've learnt: 

What has helped you learn?

• My biggest resource has been other people. Working through things and talking about it with them helps me. It takes me a while to think things through and make the right decision and I don't like to rush decision making. But talking it through with people and breaking down the values underneath decisions helps me to come to conclusions in my mind. 

What has really made you think?

• Discussions with people again has really made me think. Sometimes I find it difficult to express myself in the heat of the moment, and will think about things for long periods of time before I decide on how best to proceed, or how I should have proceeded. 
• Discussions around Te Ao Māori made me think today, which was great. I loved having the challenging discourse with people during that time. 
• I have also thought about my team members. What are they thinking, what do they want from me, how can I best serve them as a leader. I'm really looking forward to having Paul here more and more, as I really want someone to bounce my ideas off and think with.

Tricky Learning

What have you found tricky and why?

• Probably again my biggest trickyness is relationships within the team. I often assume what they are thinking, but need to use the ladder of feedback to make sure that I make right judgements. 

What do you do when you find learning tricky?

• When I find learning tricky I sit and I think, and I seek advice from people. These are both strategies that I will constantly use. I usually sit and think before I talk to people, so that I get clear picture of my ideas in my head first. Often I relate these back to my values and think about why I am thinking like I am.