ANOTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE YOUR TEAM'S UNIQUE SUPERPOWER?
Signature Gift
Uncover yours in a 2-hour group session—all hands on deck.
ABOUT YOUR GROUP
YOU'RE HERE TO MAKE AN IMPACT
You've got a team committed to awesome things in the world—or your corner of it. One way to really get the team even more authentically engaged, clear, and focused on what you really do best (and how you do it), is to discover your team's Signature Gift and put powerful language to your unique vision and operating style.
NOT A MISSION STATEMENT, BUT
ACTIVATING YOUR MISSION
If your group has a Mission Statement, it can be a valuable document. Usually developed by the Board of Directors, it sets the broad purpose and goals for the group. But often, employees in the organization are disconnected from the mission since they didn’t have much to do with its creation, and there aren’t meaningful strategies for them to be reminded and connected to it over time.
If a group doesn’t have a Mission Statement—many informal community groups don’t—it can result in members working towards different purposes, confused decision-making, and disconnected relationships.
The Signature Gift facilitated process creates the missing link between the Mission—or lack of mission— and the local, every-day operating style and vision of any group or team of any size. It doesn’t replace a mission, it’s an energizing and enjoyable experience that engages everyone and results in a collaboratively built statement that everyone buys into.
The Signature Gift Process is useful for groups in different stages of development*
(with the process catered to the stage you're in).
*Tuckman's Stages of Group Development
New Group (Forming/Storming)
Useful for brand new groups, or groups facing significant shifts in purpose
Familiar Group (Norming/Performing)
Useful for accurately naming the group's mission and working style, and checking in on what supports vs. works against you.
Group Ending/Completion (Adjourning)
Useful for acknowledgements, ending rituals, honoring purpose, transition, and/or completion.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
BENEFITS OF CREATING A SIGNATURE GIFT STATEMENT
TEAM BUILDING
The process builds team strength by engaging everyone in a positive way.
VISION + OPERATING STYLE
It can establish the vision and unique operating style of the group, using language that fits the culture of the group.
IDENTIFIES YOUR GROUP 'WHY'
It brings out the underlying motivation in the group—it raises their positive energy by naming the driving rationale for why they show up to be together.
CROSS-TEAM UNITY
If there are multiple teams in an organization, each teams Signature Gift clearly describes how they will contribute to the larger Mission of the organization.
CROSS-TEAM COMMUNICATION
When there are multiple teams in an organization, and each team has developed a Signature Gift, the unique operating style of each team is clear to other teams. This improves communication, increases understanding of “why” other teams are so different, increases acceptance and reduces conflict between teams..
AMPLIFIES BELONGING
It increases feelings of belonging in a group. Everyone has agreed on the collective reason they are there and why that matters to them.
SEEING THE FOREST AND THE TREES
Team members can clarify how their gifts and daily tasks contribute to the groups Signature Gift, building their participation and pride in membership.
ENHANCES MISSION
If the group has a Mission Statement, their Signature Gift clearly shows how they will contribute to the Mission and it identifies the driving force behind their contributions.
PROMOTES ESPRIT DE CORPS
When visible in the team area, a group's Signature Gift is a source of pride and on-going team spirit.
THEN WHAT?
WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO WITH THE STATEMENT?
GOALS
Develop quarterly/yearly improvement goals based on the Signature Gift
CULTIVATE INDIVIDUAL CONNECTION
Identify how each person's Core Gift connects with or contributes to the group's Signature Gift
MEDIATION
Identifies sources of conflict between teams (when multiple teams identify their unique Signature Gifts)
ONGOING DEVELOPMENT
Alignment discussions about ongoing agreement / disagreement with the Signature Gift
MARKETING FOCAL POINTS
Leverage your Signature Gift statement in marketing or informational materials
VISUAL REMINDER
Create a visual display of your Signature Gift statement as a focal point for the team
WORKSHOP FORMATS
Signature Gift workshops can be completed in person or virtually (when teams are dispersed or each person is logged in separately).
Your team members do not have to have completed an individual Core Gift Discovery Interview™ prior to the Signature Gift workshop, but if they have—it can further maximize the impact and discussion following the formation of the Signature Gift statement.
The Signature Gift workshop can be a completely stand-alone event, or we can package it with:
Core Gift Discovery Interviews™ for each team member (completed before or after the Signature Gift workshop)
Other training, workshops (see below)
Keynote presentations
Topics for additional training (whether keynotes, workshops, or other breakout sessions) might include:
Understanding the separate spectrums of sex, gender, and sexual orientation
Safe Zone Training
Inclusion and intersectionality
The Power of Nonconformance
...and more!
HI THERE
MEET YOUR FACILITATOR
STANLEY EDWARD MASZCZAK (he/they)
Stanley thrives in group energy, whether speaking, teaching, or facilitating. His life has been dedicated to digging and sifting beyond the layers of negative socialization and conditioning to uncover life purpose and make positive, impactful meaning. It's his greatest joy to support individuals and groups in that holistically revitalizing work.
Stanley is a now-retired senior noncommissioned officer of the U.S. Army Reserve, combat veteran, and professional coach who grew up as an adherent to religious fundamentalism. Having to painfully grapple with his fundamentalist foundations and conflicting sexual orientation in his late teens and early 20s allowed him to open up to a more inclusive view of life and society. Now fully affirming and identifying as gay and gender nonconforming, he strives to practice inclusion in every area of his life, and is committed to lifelong learning, anti-racism, and holistic inclusion—recognizing that in any moment he is both student and teacher.
Stanley's writing has been published in the Huffington Post.
Click here to read their article, "What Happened When I Wore High Heels to My Military Training Course."
In addition to being a Signature Gift and Core Gift Discovery Master Facilitator through the Core Gift Institute, Stanley is a coaching and personal / professional development nerd, constantly working on sharpening his skills to offer the highest levels of support to his clients. Some of his other favorite trainings have included the Sacred Depths Transformational Practitioner Training and Advanced Depths (both year-long training cohorts) at the Applied Depth Practitioner Institute with Joanna Lindenbaum; and Quantum Human Design™ Specialist training, Levels 1-4 completed in 2023-2024.
Stanley is also a U.S. Dept. of Defense-certified Mediator (DEOMI), Equal Opportunity Practitioner (DEOMI), Instructor and Small Group Facilitator (DINFOS). While in the Army Reserve, both on and off of active duty between 2016-2022 (multiple assignments as an Equal Opportunity Advisor), Stanley facilitated and co-facilitated numerous iterations of the 60-hour Equal Opportunity Leader Course, certifying noncommissioned officers and junior officers from all career fields to support their units and leaders in effectively implementing their Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) and Harassment Prevention & Response (HPR) programs. He served in these roles as an advisor at Brigade and Division level, supporting full organizations of 2,000 - 12,000 personnel, both stateside and while deployed to Kuwait in 2020.
They supported teams ranging from 20-150 people (including five command levels of subordinate units), by:
conducting Organizational Climate Assessments (standardized online assessments, observations of training and operations, focus groups, interviews, and records reviews)
advising commanders and leaders of results and trends across the organization
making recommendations for action plans
conducting training on topics related to MEO, HPR, and building positive, inclusive organizational climate
advising leaders and personnel regarding anonymous, informal, and formal complaints of discrimination, non-sexual harassment, hazing, and bullying
providing informal mediation to resolve interpersonal issues
Their love for creating inclusion and building cohesive teams is fueled by their vision of a just, equitable, peaceful world filled with passionate creativity from people of all sexes, genders, sexual orientations, physical appearances and abilities, religions, cultures, differences, and beyond.
I'm looking forward to connecting with you! Please share your info below.
Email: [email protected]
Site: www.stanleyedward.com
