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9 Right Choices

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Right-Minded Teamwork ® (RMT) is achieved when team leaders and teammates consistently choose to integrate the essence of the nine Right-Minded choices into their work.

These choices are self-evident, self-validating, and universal best practices that address the root of team dysfunction and promote collaboration and team effectiveness. They guide you to shift from Ego-driven thinking toward Reason and a unified, Right-Minded approach to achieve the goal to Do No Harm, Work as One®.

📝 Overview: Right-Minded Teamwork’s 9 Right Choices

The nine choices serve as catalysts for team discussions and the creation of Work Agreements.

  1. Choose Reason: All teammates agree to take responsibility for creating and following their custom version of Right-Minded Teamwork.
  2. Behave as One: Making a wholehearted commitment to Oneness is the crucial first step.
  3. Right-Minded Communication: An End to Separateness: Communication is effective and kind, flowing naturally when teammates live the first two choices.
  4. Meaningful Vision: Make Your Dream Come True: The team’s vision provides the context for making Right-Minded, team-oriented choices.
  5. Work Agreements: Bring People Together as One: Work Agreements establish an environment where teammates forgive past mistakes, opening them up to greater future.
  6. Critical Few: Complete Important Tasks First: Right-Minded teammates spend their time doing the right things right instead of chasing busyness.
  7. Mistakes Happen: Correct Them; Don’t Punish People: Teammates correct mistakes because they know that doing so is a sensible way to learn, free from fear or blame.
  8. Conflict Happens: Go to the Classroom, Not the Battleground: When team conflict occurs, teammates rise above the battleground to make constructive solutions.
  9. Recognition: Make It Easy to Keep Going: Giving and receiving authentic recognition feeds team spirit and fuels the continuous improvement process.

🛠️ How to Apply the Choices

There is no single right way, but the application is always about the dialogue. The application will include a healthy, functional, and empowering dialogue that moves your teammates toward unified action.

  • Self-Study & Survey: Ask all teammates to read the book and complete the survey. Discuss the results and identify the choices you wish to apply.
  • Focused Discussion: Discuss the first two choices in a team meeting and agree on the new attitudes and behaviors to live by.
  • Workshop Approach: Follow Right-Minded Teamwork’s 12-step process to design a thorough RMT-style team-building workshop.

Action: Start Making the Right Choices

Pick up your copy of Right-Minded Teamwork: 9 Right Choices for Building a Team That Works as One to apply these choices and transform your team’s effectiveness.

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About Dan Hogan

In my 40-year team-building career, I facilitated over 500 teams in eight countries. Many of those teams, I worked with for several years. The Right-Minded Teamwork method was created from those successful team building engagements. I am a Certified Master Facilitator. I am currently retired as an active facilitator. I continue to write and consultant.