Commonwealth Ladies South Pole Exped - last day
Awoke to find the cabin buried in snow, at least 3 metres high. The wind blowing a keen 50 mph lowered the temp to -30.
We picked up from the previous day with a teach back of the main MVS’s and then we went onto talk about conflict in teams. How to prevent and manage conflict when it occurs. We went through the dynamic triangle which brought to life conflict sequences for the group. We started but did not finish the most productive responses exercises as my snow plough lift to Haugostol arrived. I jumped on and sped through 10 foot drifts to the station, where I was dropped off 4 hours early. Faced with the prospect of sharing a hut with some Norwegian campers (Wiffy) I decided to hitch to Geilo. From there I caught 2 trains and a plane and jumped in the car to arrive home at 0130.
Felicity the expedition leader was pleased:
“…..I can’t tell you how beneficial it has been. We finished the final task which then led on to a general discussion and everyone agreed that the sessions with you had accelerated the team bonding process and that we all felt that we understood what we had seen of each other a little more and that we felt more confident moving forward as a group.
I personally found the system fascinating and would love to do more. Several members of the team would like to make a list of things that drive them to conflict etc which I think might be the sort of thing covered by the ‘dashboard’ you mentioned?
I also have to mention that the guys not in on the sessions have since been spotted placing themselves on the triangle and discussing their blue-ness or green-ness. As you predicted red, green, blue and hub behaviour are terms that are already being used by all.
Thanks again Rob and I hope that we get a chance soon to talk further about an association between Mission and the expedition”