Transcript 2012 Selection Teams

2013 Selection Teams
“Consensus Building”
Goals of Today’s Session
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Overview of Consensus
Exercise on Consensus
Debrief
Review timelines & logistics
Wrap Up … 5:15
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Selection Team Decisions
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 What qualities are you looking for in a colleague,
team-member?
 How will you decide who to invite for an interview?
 What five questions should be asked of each
candidate?
 How will you decide who to select?
Consensus Defined
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Consensus is a group decision making process which attempts
to ensure that everyone involved is an equal participant, all
opinions are considered and the final decision comes about
through extensive discussion and the constructive resolution
of critique and dissent. Consensus is not unanimity, nor is it
compromise. It is a decision that everyone in the group
accepts, (even though people may have concerns, reservations
or prefer other options to that which is decided), and should
be what the group considers the best possible decision in a
given context.
Consensus requires…
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Time
Honest, active participation by all
Good listening and communication
skills by all
Open-mindedness
Creative thinking
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Generating Ideas
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 Brainstorm, using one of the following
techniques:
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Free style (open it to the floor)
Post-it (anonymous technique to get ideas or concerns made
public)
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Go Around (Everyone takes a turn until there are no more new
ideas)
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Fishbowl (technique to use when two strong opposing opinions
monopolize discussion)
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Straw Poll (multi-vote technique to identify most popular
thoughts)
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Key Guidelines to Reach Consensus
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 Listen for understanding. Be able to paraphrase
someone else’s point of view
 Describe interest and your reasoning not your
desired outcome
 Avoid changing your mind only to reach agreement
and avoid conflict
 View differences of opinion as helpful rather than
harmful.
The “call for consensus”
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 Support if:
 you believe that this decision is consistent with the mission of the
team and is the best decision possible at this moment
 you are committed to following through with it
 Stand Aside if:
 you do not have enough info but trust that others do
 you will be unable to follow through for personal reasons
 you are unable to make up your mind about the decision
 you disagree but can live with the decision
 Block if:
 you believe that this decision is NOT consistent with the mission
of the team
 you could not in good conscience live with the group making this
decision
Consensus Flowchart
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Consensus Exercise
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 Within your own three person building selection team …
 Your charge is to:
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Brainstorm a list of qualities you want in a colleague
Brainstorm the criteria by which you will identify candidates to
be invited for interview
 Report Out in 15 minutes
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What are the top five (5) qualities your team wants in a
candidate?
How will your team decide who to select for an interview?
What was the “take away” from this exercise?
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Consensus is …
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Consensus is finding an acceptable
proposal (candidate) that all
members can support.
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Timeline
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Timeline
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Timeline
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Resources on Principal’s Page
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 Criterion-Based Hiring and Transfer & Assignment
Procedures
 Question Bank (if you have new questions to add to the question bank
you can submit them to [email protected]. If approved they will be
added to the bank and made available to all)
 Hiring Team Slideshow (high-lights from CBH manual, instructions
for selection teams and hiring managers to interact w/ PATS, etc.)
 Consensus Decision Slideshow
 Seniority List
Wrap - Up
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Questions?
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