[philmont] Team Building Skills

Test - Haven't seen anything lately. Just checking to make sure I'm
still connected. Bruce Bacon

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From: philmont@troop47.com [mailto:philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of
John LeBlanc
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:29 PM
To: philmont List Member
Subject: [philmont] Team Building Skills

Bill Parcells is a good coach but is continually frustrated at not
putting together a viable team in Dallas. There are many factors open
for debate on this one, but the bottom line is the team isn't working.
He is capable, but just not with what he has to work with right now.
His record of the past shows his capability.

This is not a debate about Bill Parcells, but a lesson to think about
when putting together a Philmont crew.

There have been many posts recently about "behavior contracts".
Occasionally you may get a bad apple and have to deal with it before it
ruins the barrel, but so often the Philmont Trek Crew (the team) is a
composite and just haven't had the opportunity to gel as a team before
they hit the trail.

There is a lot of time spent on reservations, choosing the right trek,
cooking and hiking methods, reserving a shuttle buss, but oftentimes
team building is left to evolution.

If left this way, sometimes it works itself out eventually, but more
often than not it doesn't.

The troop crew has spent many hundreds of hours in camp together working
these things out, but composite crew have not.

It is imperative that the leader of these crews set up team building as
it's number one priority above all else. Above hiking methods, cookiong
methods, above everything.

There are many good methods to get this done. The business community
has come to realize that this is paramount. The military realized it
long ago, however their method is a bit forceful for Scouts.

If you want your crew to succeed, invest in team building skills before
they hit the trail. It doesn't happen overnight or by accident or by
following an instruction manual.

John LeBlanc

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Received on Mon Nov 13 08:17:32 2006