Today was a day of meetings:
9a. Worship Arts Team meeting
11.3a. Lunch with Jared, Jason and Joe (hey I was the odd man out – my name doesn’t start wit a “J” – however Joe was the only person there without an iPhone)
2p. SWOT assessment
That was the first time I have done this exercise. SWOT stands for: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. It is set up in 4 quadrants and is used to help you identify your areas of improvement while focussing on your strengths.
Here is what we came up with to fill our quadrants:
Those present then mark the 5 ones that hold the highest importance to them. Then as a team you see what’s the most important and those common items become your focus in the team.
Here is what the board looked like after we marked our items:
Since this was my first time doing this exercise I am haven’t seen the full benefit from it. However, it is always good for a team to realize its strengths and weaknesses and identify all opportunities and threats that lie ahead.
on Jan 7th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Super cool idea. Is it original?
on Jan 7th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Nope. It is something that our Executive Pastor led us through. If you google it you will several different explanations of it. It’s interesting stuff.
on Jan 10th, 2009 at 2:46 am
the last time i had a SWOT meeting, i was attacked by kidney stones and threw up in front of all of my supervisers. i don’t have fond memories.