Our purposes – to grow in integrity; to be better by doing good ‘stuff’ together to be profitable (‘not for profit’ is a tax category, not a life philosophy).
Our culture – the collaborative spirit of our people:
- Learners who purpose to do and be better
- Teachers, coaches, mentors and facilitators who mature together
- A community who works with and supports us over the long-term.
Our processes – use the TEAMI/integrity approach to grow needed wisdom, values and skills.
- Target the Need
- Equip for success
- Act to achieve
- Mark where now
- Identify where next
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
On responsibility, Abraham Lincoln said, “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather is.”
“Growth is never by mere chance. It is the result of forces working together.” J. C. Penney
“Growing demands a temporary surrender of security. It means giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning.” John C. Maxwell
“The first step is the transformation of the individual. This transformation is discontinuous. [ ] The individual, transformed, will perceive new meaning to his life, to events, to numbers, to interactions between people. The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system cannot understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside. W. Edwards Deming
“The historical evidence is that, time and again, the greatest successes come from a series of targeted incremental steps forward that confront, one by one, the full variety of problems to be addressed. Conversely, the biggest failures [] come from trying to do too much, too soon… and are likely to do more damage than good and fall short.” James Surowiecki