Reconnecting - Q1 MC Team Days

Though it was a while back now, the MC had its first "team days" on the 11-12th October. Yes, we've been pretty busy since then!

Our aim with the team days was to:

• Reconnect with our year plan - where we are trying to take AIESEC in Pakistan and how far we have come
• Spend some time together as a team, away from the office

So, over the weekend, we spent a good amount doing so!

The first day was spent reviewing Q1 (July - September 2008), involving:

• Review of our performance
• Identifying challenges we faced in the months, our successes and failures
• Looking at how we work as a team, and how to work better and more effectively
• Reviewing team image and expectations

We spent the second day looking forward:

• Setting revised goals for the next quarters
• Team feedback
• Identifying areas that each team member wants to improve their knowledge/experience
• Brainstorming (Experience Pakistan, expansions)

On top of that, we took turns cooking lunch and also had a nice dinner at Baan Thai in Zamzama!

The main output from the weekend was:

• Our performance as a team in Q1 was not anywhere near what it should have been
• We need to implement the team processes we suggest (regular process meetings, LC Development meetings, using the office walls)
• Need better performance tracking on the MC and LC levels