Lessons From Sloths: Successful Team Work Strategies
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This presentation was created as a silly spin on staff professional development in the area of successful team work. It is meant to inform, entertain, and engage the audience. Did I mention it was silly? :)
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Lessons From Sloths: Successful Team Work Strategies
- 1. Lessons From Sloths Presented by Steve Sosa
- 2. Lessons From Sloths — Mandated by State Board — Part of “Successful Team Work” Series — Adds to: — EEO — ADA — FERPA — Affirmative Action — Sexual Harassment
- 3. Lessons From Sloths — Training Options — Face-to-face workshop — Quick Start Guides — Competency-based course
- 4. Lessons From Sloths — Join the Conversation #LessonsFromSloths
- 6. Evolution of the Sloth • Prehistoric sloths size of elephants • Over 60 million years of evolution • Folivora (leaf-eater or tree-sleeper)
- 7. Attributes of Sloths — Rain Forest, Tree Dwellers — Two Types — Two-toed — Three-toed — Half Blind, Half Deaf — Spend 10-20 Hours Sleeping — Very Slow and Curious
- 8. Attributes of Sloths — Little Natural Defenses — No option for fight or flight — Goal is to blend in…smell and look like a tree — Ground make them vulnerable — Claws — Not effective for grabbing — Designed to hold on with little effort
- 9. Attributes of Sloths — Hang Upside Down…A Lot — Hair grows away from body — Rain naturally flows off of them — Give birth hanging — Die hanging
- 10. Physical Ability — Move Only When Necessary — 40 yards per day — 13 feet per min in trees — 6.5 feet per min on ground
- 11. Dietary Restrictions — Exceptionally Low Metabolic Rate — Diet — Moths, beetles, roaches, fungi, and algae — Flowers, leaves — Provides little nourishment, energy, nutrients — Not easily digestible — Digestive process takes up to a month
- 12. Dietary Restrictions — Defecate Once a Week — At base of tree — Dig a hole and cover it up — Incredibly responsible — Incredibly risky
- 13. Parenting — One Baby Per Year — If they can see, smell, or find mate — Fallen Babies Abandoned — Requires too much effort — Too risky
- 14. Lessons From Sloths Successful Team Work Series
- 15. Plan Like a Sloth — Plan Ahead — Clear Goals Ensure Team is On Same Page Q: How do we openly communicate our plans with the rest of our team?
- 16. Take Risks — Be Willing to Accept Risks — Try New Approaches Q: Do we work in an environment that allows us to take risks?
- 17. Be Open, Honest, Respectful — Don’t Upset Your Surroundings — Make Peace With Others Q: How can we be more accepting of others?
- 18. Embrace Your Group — Trust and Rely On Others — Look to the Future Q: How do we embrace this life-long culture and learn from those around us?
- 19. Be Creative and Curious — Supporting Environments Support Creativity — “That won’t work here.” — “We’ve never done that before.” — Explore, Engage, Volunteer, Collaborate Q: How do we create an environment that allows us fully engage?
- 20. Training Completed! Successful Team Work Series
- 21. Don’t Forget This Course Available Via Canvas! http://tinyurl.com/LessonsFromSloths
- 22. Don’t Forget Quick Start Guides Available!
- 23. Don’t Forget Join the Conversation! #LessonsFromSloths
- 24. One More Thing Give Your Inner Sloth an Energy Boost!
- 25. Thank You. Gracias. Presented by Steve Sosa
- 26. Credits — http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/three-toed-sloth/ — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth — https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/sloth — http://humanresources.about.com/od/teambuilding/f/team_work.htm — http://www.slothville.com/meet-the-sloths/ — http://www.wired.com/2012/01/the-sloths-evolutionary-secret/