{"id":712,"date":"2010-02-22T02:08:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=712"},"modified":"2014-01-07T23:19:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T04:19:49","slug":"delegating-and-team-building-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/delegating-and-team-building-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Delegating and Team Building at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Delegating-and-team-building-at-home.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3552\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/delegating-and-team-building-at-home\/delegating-and-team-building-at-home-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Delegating-and-team-building-at-home.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Delegating and team building at home\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Delegating-and-team-building-at-home.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Delegating-and-team-building-at-home.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3552\" alt=\"delegating and team building \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Delegating-and-team-building-at-home-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Delegating-and-team-building-at-home.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Delegating-and-team-building-at-home.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">You come home after work and start the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> shift.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>There\u2019s always more to do than time to do it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Gather your family around you and think delegate, a.k.a. team building!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">There are a few ground rules that apply at home, that don\u2019t apply at the office.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The complexity of family relationships makes delegating at home more challenging than at work. But it is not impossible.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Truly applying team building makes this happen! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Begin with the family motto of \u201cwe\u2019re all in this together!\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Start with a family meeting to talk about what this means.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Keep it simple but think through all the responsibilities at home and create a list of the options.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>There are lunches and dinner to make, groceries to buy, laundry to do, lawns to mow, toilets to clean and more.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>So getting a list together that hits on the most important tasks is a starting point.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Here is where we start being creative! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 16.8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Works from family members\u2019 strengths. Who is great at what? Give your family jobs they do well rather than struggle with. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 16.8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Give the chores different point values by \u201cdifficulty\u201d of completion.\u00a0 Bathroom and toilet 3 points, kitchen clean up 2, dusting 1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 16.8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Create partnerships to complete the chores, such as mom\/sister make the dinner, dad\/other daughter do the dishes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is always more fun with a partner. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 16.8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Set a time everyone does the same task.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Set the kitchen timer, turn on the high energy music, or sing the clean up song.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 16.8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Set a standard of completion everyone agrees on.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>What does it mean to have the dishes \u201cdone\u201d or the laundry \u201ccomplete\u201d?<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Set a time frame for completion. Emptying a dishwasher after the dishes are piled in the sink defeats the purpose.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 16.8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Put aside your perfectionism.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Encourage your family to do their best job, even if it is not to your standards, the manner in which you would do it or at the speed you would do it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 16.8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Affirm each family member\u2019s contribution each week.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 Praise goes a long way in getting things done. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 16.8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Create a chores chart and post it in a common space.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is the chart that reminds the family, rather than the parents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 16.8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Incentivize your family\u2019s work.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Incentives can be whatever works for you, but the simpler the better.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.35in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 16.8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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