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Tuckman's Initiative Summary

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In an already established and respected agency, with a CEO, the work of finding committee members should be relatively straight forward especially given the recognized resource the youth center is to the community. However, this initiative has two identified goals; 1). To raise awareness around issues of sexual violence, and 2). To improve access to community resources for those youth who have been victimized. To make this a reality, when introducing this initiative project, the success lays in the identification of the key stakeholders and the action team, who will implement the process, making the reflecting process about these committees crucial. When brainstorming about the; who, what, where and why format of an initiative, several models come to mind. Tuckman’s (1965) Team Development Model; Forming is the first step and includes the process of; • Establishing relationships and discovering who has the skills to meet each role • Acknowledging the agenda for involvement by all, including hidden ones that disrupt trust. • Explore the possibility for group …show more content…

Real time communication is key and a communication officer must be identified for members to contact between meetings as well as provides prompt updates as to what occurred at the last meeting to keep the momentum process fresh. This way committee members feel that their time and input is respected and valued, again keeping them interested in completing the initiative. Moreover, this task master keeps meeting on their time lines and clarifies the next meeting date and time and give a brief synopsis of the next agenda which will be sent to all members soon after, with the meeting minutes of the prior planning process and assigned

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