Team Building Exercise: Job Maps

4 October 2016

Reducing the Distance Between Us: Job Maps

1. Better understand each

person’s roles &

responsibilities

2. Clarify how

responsibilities relate to

the unit’s strategic goals

Purpose

Ad

ven

ture

! Intrig

ue!

Kim

Strategic plans & projects

Staff management

Prof Dev Admin

Paperwork

Licenses

Build network Workshops

CanvasDigital Scholarship

RenovationsT&L

pilots

Hiring

Team building

Hannah

Staff Building

Maintenance & Security

Special Events

Tours

Film Requests

Image Collection

Fisher Circ

Museum Library

Liaison & Outreach

Penn Design

ICA & Penn

Museum

Art History

Collections

Serials

Rare / Special

Collections

Professional Development

Ivies+ Art Arch Group

ARLIS Editorial

Board

Penn Libraries Related

Committees

Special Projects

Special Projects

Research & Development

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another example

Create your job map • Identify key areas of work

• Add a few specific tasks or responsibilities to each area

• Make it your own & be able to explain it

Best parts of your job? • Up to 3 stars…

Quick feedback

Easy?

Any surprises?

Do more/less of the work you most enjoy?

How well do you know your colleagues?

Create a job map for your partner!

5 mins

Go sit with your partner & discuss

What did you get right (or wrong)?

Strategic Goals

FUTURE:

NOW:How are you already supporting 1 goal?

How could you or the unit support 1 goal in a new way in the future?

We all contribute to the whole

Revisit how we connect to organizational goals because the landscape changes

Getting to know each other helps the team work together more productively & enjoy the work more!

Thank you!

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kimeke@upenn.edu