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27 Lydian Altman reviewed an attachment titled "Paired Interviews: High Performing Teamwork", which will guide the paired interviews between Commissioners. She asked the Board to break into groups and review the following questions: 1. What are the qualities in your existing governing team that most foster enthusiasm, information sharing, and collaboration towards common goals? (existing assets) 2. Describe the best, most successful teamwork that you have ever seen or been a part of. a. What was it about that team's activities that caused you to define them as high performing? (definition) b. What were all the conditions that allowed that winning teamwork to emerge? (enabling factors) 3. What can you do to foster winning teamwork at an even higher and more consistent level with this governing team? (activities to move towards high performance) The interview pairs were Commissioner Hamilton and Commissioner Richards, Chair Price and Commissioner Bedford, and Commissioner Fowler and Commissioner Greene. Lydian Altman asked the Board to report out from their groups. In response to Question 1 above, the Commissioners shared the following: Chair Price said Board members are respectful even when they disagree. Commissioner Greene said Commissioners have a willingness to listen. Commissioner Fowler said everyone is polite in response and shows civility. Commissioner Bedford said the Board is frank, open, and honest, meaning they are comfortable and like each other enough to call each other to talk, and share perspectives and reasoning in a way that is honest without politics. Commissioner Greene said this helps avoid a waste of time. Commissioner Bedford said it also helps build trust Lydian Altman suggested it could build a sense of reliability in what you can expect from each other. She asked for other qualities. Commissioner Fowler said they are all passionate and caring. Commissioner Greene said all Board members value information, objective data, and research. Commissioner Bedford said everyone comes to meetings prepared. Commissioner Fowler said they all share a fairly common philosophy. Commissioner Greene added they have a baseline of progressive values. Commissioner Hamilton said the Board is supported by staff and supportive of staff. Chair Price said they all show a commitment to the work and are non-punitive. Commissioner Fowler said they all practice transparency in the values they hold. In response to Question 2a above, the Commissioners shared the following: Commissioner Richards said the highest performing team she has been a part of was when there was a clear specific objective. She said there was a diversity of strengths and they were leveraged so that people were bringing different things to table and there was elasticity in the way the work is being done. Lydian Altman added that everyone got to contribute. Commissioner Richards said there was leadership in the sense of clear communication that came from a designated person. She said leadership matters and part of that is communication. She added that relationships and leadership is inherently different on an