Respectaholics Anonymous — Teamwork Made the Dream Work
Day 13 of 365 Days of Photo Inspirations
It started with the call from our leader, Staci, “As 3 to 6 year alumni of the Unstoppable Leadership Summits, you will be the Coaches of the teams, and those who have attended for 2 years, will be the Captains.”
It started with the call from our leader, Staci, “As 3 to 6 year alumni of the Unstoppable Leadership Summits, you will be the Coaches of the teams, and those who have attended for 2 years, will be the Captains.”
And these were her instructions to us — “You and your teams will choose a:
1) Team Name and Chant/Cheer. 2) Team Branding (Colors, shirts/costumes, etc.); 3) Team Leadership Skit based on a “law” from John Maxwell’s book: “21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”.
1) Team Name and Chant/Cheer. 2) Team Branding (Colors, shirts/costumes, etc.); 3) Team Leadership Skit based on a “law” from John Maxwell’s book: “21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”.
NO BIG DEAL. Right? Wrong!!! It was a huge deal to each coach and captain and their team — we’re all about being “in it — to win it”….and each team produced over-the-top table decorations and awesome chants that spoke to what it takes to be an effective leader worth following. Every team gave it their absolute best, but I’ll admit, I’m particularly partial to my team, Team Respectable Me! We spent weeks brainstorming, letting our imaginations and creativity come to life, and getting full costumes together. Sincerely, T-E-A-M — together everyone accomplishes more.
We chose the Law of Respect. You know the little minions in Despicable Me? We used them as our model, except turned them into Respectable Me Minions. Our chant? (After the minion “Banana Song” — Ba ba ba ba ba ba de — I respect you and you respect me.
We gotta treat each other RESPECTFULLY. We are Team Respectable Me!
We gotta treat each other RESPECTFULLY. We are Team Respectable Me!
Our costumes? We each had on our minion overalls, shirts, hats, gloves and goggles.
Our GIVE? The most amazing minion cookies made by our captains, Miguel Cervantes and Zoila Cervantes, who have a bakery in Kansas City — a treat given out to all of the attendees.
Our skit? Respectaholics Anonymous — we were recovering Disrespectful Minions who had become Respectable Minions. We each spoke to the kind of leader we once were, but now, we were respectable. Staci was our “guest minion” and was, of course, the rogue minion who demanded respect by singing Aretha’s “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”! It was our job to tell her our “despicable disrespectable” transformation to our NEW and IMPROVED Respectable Me stories to help her become respectable, too! Absolutely so hilarious — we could hardly keep from laughing our sides out.
Our GIVE? The most amazing minion cookies made by our captains, Miguel Cervantes and Zoila Cervantes, who have a bakery in Kansas City — a treat given out to all of the attendees.
Our skit? Respectaholics Anonymous — we were recovering Disrespectful Minions who had become Respectable Minions. We each spoke to the kind of leader we once were, but now, we were respectable. Staci was our “guest minion” and was, of course, the rogue minion who demanded respect by singing Aretha’s “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”! It was our job to tell her our “despicable disrespectable” transformation to our NEW and IMPROVED Respectable Me stories to help her become respectable, too! Absolutely so hilarious — we could hardly keep from laughing our sides out.
This day 11 of my 365 days of photo inspirations shows our team in all our glory — but the glory isn’t in all the hard work, the determination, the effort or THE GLORY! It’s about a “cause” — a “commitment” — a ” MOMENT” to give it our all — the best way we could. I give our TEAM a standing ovation, high five’s, big pats on the back and request for a big ENCORE in our everyday commitment to do our best in any situation and circumstance we encounter. To Team Respectable Me — I say, “WELL DONE, you good and faithful Respectable MINIONS!”