Chapter 9 - Working with and within Organizations

Hey, we are almost done. Next week is our last week and then we can plan another Face-to-Face to finish up the summer study.

This chapter will be more or less important to you depending upon your job history and current work. Those of you who have worked with or within organizations know the trials and tribulations of working with other people. But you also know the joys of working well with other people to accomplish great things.

Smith begins the chapter by saying, "We fulfill our vocation in partnership with others" (pg 163). And that "mature character includes both the humility and courage to live by our own conscience and the ability to live and work with others with grace, patience, and kindness" (pg 165). Then he goes on to list distinctive character traits we can nurture in order to be effective in our partnerships with others.

Question: Where are you primary skills, capacities, and strengths? Where and in what ways do you have need of others?

Discribe the best partnership (of people and skills) you ever experieinced. What was it like? How did it feel to be part of this group of folks working together?