C SQUARES® - Citizenship

C SQUARES ® - Team building games, the new and improved broken squares puzzles for teaching collective bargaining, cooperation, communication, enhancing emotional intelligence and improving employee performances.

Citizenship Teamwork

Characteristics of Effective Teamwork and Good Citizenship

Goals are understood by everyone.
Participants take initiative to get things done.
Each teammate trusts the judgment of the others.
Members are carefully listened to and given thoughtful feedback.
Everyone participates actively and positively in meetings and projects.

Characteristics of Effective Teamwork and Good Citizenship (continued)

Individuals have thought hard about creative solutions to the problem.
The whole group is willing to take risks.
Team goals are given realistic timeframes.
Full team acceptance is expected as decisions are made.
Everyone is supportive of the project and of one another.
There is plenty of communication between team members.
Common decisions are made using organized, logical methods.
Everyone is focused on the mission while immersed in addressing details.
Dissenting opinions are recorded and revisited when future situations dictate.

How Do We Expect Citizens of Our Democracy to Act?

To work for consensus on decisions
To share openly and authentically with others regarding personal feelings, opinions, thoughts, and perceptions about problems and conditions
To actively involve others in the decision-making process
To trust, support and have genuine concern for other people (team members)
To "own" problems rather than blaming them on others
When listening, to attempt to hear and interpret communication from others’ points of view
To influence others by involving them in the issue(s)
To encourage the development of other (team member) citizens
To be respectful and tolerant of individual differences
To acknowledge and work through conflict openly
To consider and use new ideas and suggestions from others
To encourage feedback on own behavior
To understand and be committed to (team) objectives
To not engage in destructive win/lose activities with other (team members)
To employ social skills to understand what's happening around you

NOTE: C Squares® is an activity that provides hands-on experiential modeling of how a direct democracy works. They are a visual means of authentic assessment demonstrating by metaphoric means the ways in which freedom of choice and individual responsibility are linked to outcomes.