What will you be accountable for, to each other and your community? As you move into a team project, setting up rules of engagement at the beginning will ensure a culture that promotes innovation, creativity and safety of all members. It may seem strange or awkward to do at the beginning, but it will pay dividends when things get challenging. Regardless of how often you work with a team, start each project this way. The revisiting of these ideas embeds them deeper and becomes a cultural habit the more they're discussed. Spend 15 minutes or so with your team and collaborate on the following key areas. Arrive at behaviours that you will all be accountable for as you work together. * Language is crucial here. Positively frame what you will do (rather than what you won't do) and only put down that which is realistic. Only promise that which you intend to keep so that your words become meaningful to yourselves and others. Write them in this document as a group pledge. We promote of life-long learning in our team by... List the qualities and attitudes that as a team you want from each other that would make it safe to learn and innovate. We manage conflict and differences by... List the behaviours that you will commit to in times of disparity, differences and conflicting agendas. Discuss and describe the strategies you will use to respond to emotional expressions of colleagues and stakeholders when implementing a change in procedure or practice. List responses from others, which anyone in the team might find challenging and describe how you could respond to these in a way that builds trust, respect and connection. We grow our community and connection with others by... List the behaviours or aspirations that you will commit to that involve your wider community, actions that foster stakeholder engagement, clear communication, enable contribution and shared learning. 'e model innovation by being... List the behaviours that as a team you want to role model for others to demonstrate innovation and solution building. Include how you will plan, make decisions and operationalise tasks - i.e., documents you will use to stay accountable to each other, track progress and use as a reference. T w [ e acknowledge and celebrate together by... Describe how you will regularly and consistently acknowledge each other's value, strengths and achievements and share these with others in the service. Benchmark Criteria Lead a team and maximised potential for innovation by developing a code of conduct that enabled the team to feel safe expressing their thoughts and feelings. Used the opportunity of developing the code of conduct to promote the development of emotional intelligence. Discussed and developed processes for identifying and addressing issues, concerns and problems as they arose, identified by members of the team. Developed strategies for facilitating team member input into planning, decision making and operational aspects of team tasks. Selected ways of celebrating and encouraging innovation. Resources Template: Code of Conduct elLearn: Module 7 Developing innovation in the workplace Establish team innovation processes by developing and agreeing on a code of conduct together. Complete and upload the Code of Conduct template. * You must ensure that the document file name contains Qualification Code [CHC50121]_Module Number [M#]_Assessment Task number [AT#]_Question number [Q#]. E.g., CHC50121_M7_AT01_Q1 HINT: Use this opportunity to support the development of E.1. in the team. Pose probable scenarios that might cause a challenge and determine as a team how you will respond in using effective E.|. strategies