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�Practices for Success in Teams��Sharing Life��

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Thriving Community

Character

practices

Communal

shapes participation in

build

Productive

Support �Well-Being

Safe

Inclusive

Long-Lived

Sharing Life

Individual

form

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Sharing Life

cultivating authentic relationships

exercising your gifts to enrich the community

engaging in hospitality that promotes honest sharing and caring

investing in and journeying with others and connecting in authentic ways that encourage growth

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Benefits for Team

other-centeredness and thriving

growth in care and concern for others

speak the truth in love

team members are known and encouraged

participation in a community that is larger than individual goals, possessions, and achievements

investing in and journeying with others and connecting in authentic ways that encourage growth

Sharing life is not just about being with others in a team, it is about recognizing you have a stake in something and making personal investments in order to contribute to the thriving of the team or community. As a participant in a team or community, you reap the benefits of a functioning team but are also committed to persisting through challenges and difficult times. It is worth your time and effort to invest in practices that deepen and strengthen the community as a whole and work alongside others in the community to contribute to its thriving.

The benefits for the team when its members intentionally practice sharing life include:

The team as a whole moves from independence and self-absorption to other-centeredness and thriving.

There is growth in care and concern for others.

The team has the ability to speak the truth in love within the team in order to foster growth.

Team members are part of a community where they are known and encouraged.

Team members get the satisfaction of being part of a community that is larger than their individual goals, possessions, and achievements.

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Skin color

Race

Age

Nationality

Physical Ability

Ethnicity

Culture

Religion

Value Systems

Learning Styles

Heritage

Life Experiences

Beliefs

Skills

Work Style

Thinking Style

Personality profile

Talents

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Things that help others work with you

Keep focus on shared tasks and goals

What you have learned

How you would like to grow

Professional story or career path

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There can be no vulnerability without risk, and there can be no community without vulnerability.