Team Sailboat

Building Excellence Together

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Our Team

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Brian

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John

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Layo

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Kseniia

Our Values

5 Guiding Principles

Humility

  • Open to giving/receiving help and feedback
  • Disagree to commit
  • Assume positive intent always

Diligence

  • Take ownership of individual and group tasks
  • Communicate directly in a timely manner
  • Use individual strengths to the benefit of the group
  • Bring up problems with solutions

Integrity

  • Hold others accountable for individual and group tasks
  • Recognize opportunities for growth

Professionality

  • Say it now—be concise, straightforward, and speak your thoughts as they arise
  • Stay present and focused during group tasks/projects

Curiosity

  • Be passionate about learning and growing
  • Sailboat over speedboat—it is more about the journey than the destination

Our Goals

Common Goals

  • Personal Growth
  • Rest and Recovery (7 hours of sleep / off phone period measured by your phone)
  • Intentional Communication
  • Discovering Passion
  • Being Present

Complementary Goals

  • Fitness
  • Good grades
  • Structured problem solving
  • Get a job

Independent Goals

  • Apply to 100 jobs for the semester
  • Run 3 Half Marathons
  • Learn more Colloquial Spanish
  • Stay in touch with Family overseas
  • Renovate a rental property
  • Become a principled leader
  • Watch the entire MCU
  • Master Calligraphy
  • 10 Weighted pullups +45lbs
  • Stay sharp with word and logic puzzles
  • Keep up on playing the cello
  • Sell AI first software to one more customer
  • Get 50 thousand likes on social media (4% there)
  • Read 10 new books

Roles

Project Manager

  • Responsible for scheduling meetings
  • Stirs the conversation for deliberation of the task & delegation of duties
  • Conducts regular check-ins with team members

Secretary

  • Responsible for taking notes during meetings
  • Sends resolutions of the meeting to all members
  • Handles general communication around meetings

Editor

  • Compiles and double-checks the final product
  • Makes necessary revisions or formatting changes
  • Reviews work on the day the assignment is due, or the day before
  • Submits the final product on Carmen Canvas to ensure timely delivery

Ad-Hoc Roles

  • Additional roles may be assigned depending on the project/task
  • Flexible assignments based on project requirements
  • Temporary roles to address specific needs

Communication

Primary Communication

  • In-person communication at meetings and in class
  • WhatsApp group chat for communication outside of class
  • All team members stay connected through regular updates

Urgent Communication

  • Individual calling for urgent responses when necessary
  • Individual texting for time-sensitive matters
  • Clear escalation path for critical issues

Team Meetings

Meeting Schedule

  • Meetings planned weekly by Sunday night of the preceding week
  • Weekly working meetings Tuesdays 3-4:30pm (or more frequently when necessary)
  • Virtual meetings Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm
  • Monthly team bonding meetings

Meeting Structure

  • Start major projects with a brainstorm and research meeting within a week of exposition
  • Begin each project with 15-20 minutes of brainstorming and/or researching
  • Weekly check-ins with every team member for progress updates, challenges, and questions

Meeting Accountability

  • Hold each other accountable for assigned tasks
  • Only permit a one-week delay in getting assigned tasks complete
  • All work must be completed at least 24 hours before deadline for group review

Decision Making Process

Small Decisions

  • A 3/5 majority will result in action
  • Quick consensus for minor project choices
  • Efficient decision-making for routine matters

Large Decisions

  • All team members should be allowed to offer input
  • All members will agree to buy in 100% (even if they might have taken a different course of action)
  • Defined as decisions where work made from that period forward cannot be easily redone

Project Standards

  • Each project will necessitate a different font size, typeface and format
  • The team will clarify and agree on these formats before beginning work
  • All members will deliver work in the same agreed-upon format and font

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Memories from our journey together

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