WEBVTT - Try someone new

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to include new folks in featured roles.

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<v Speaker 1>Make the most of the enthusiasm of newcomers to your team.

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<v Speaker 1>This will invest them more deeply in the team and

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<v Speaker 1>build their skills while also lightning everyone else's loads. So

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<v Speaker 1>I recently heard of a precinct where an enthusiastic young

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<v Speaker 1>adult was tapped to be the poll worker, helping to

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<v Speaker 1>direct folks where to go. Voters were accustomed to seeing

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<v Speaker 1>their older neighbors helping in this role, but this new

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<v Speaker 1>face changed the dynamic. It was a reminder that voting

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<v Speaker 1>isn't just something you do because you always do it.

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<v Speaker 1>It is an exciting privilege. Tapping someone new can help

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<v Speaker 1>show that at work and in volunteer contexts, Giving new

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<v Speaker 1>people important responsibilities that they can in fact handle does

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<v Speaker 1>many good things for starters. There is no better way

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<v Speaker 1>to fold people into a community. When a new hire

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<v Speaker 1>is asked to collect everyone's feedback on a proposal or

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<v Speaker 1>to write a draft of a document that will include

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<v Speaker 1>everyone's notes, she will get to know everyone on the team.

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<v Speaker 1>Such delegation can also save other people time. You can

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<v Speaker 1>always edit the document your new hire produces, but not

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<v Speaker 1>being the one to create it from scratch can free

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<v Speaker 1>you up for other things. You may also find out

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<v Speaker 1>that you have untapped resources, particularly in volunteer contexts. People

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<v Speaker 1>might have skills that compliment what you already have, or

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<v Speaker 1>people may see ways to do things differently. Institutional memory

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<v Speaker 1>is important, but pairing a new volunteer with a veteran

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<v Speaker 1>one can allow you to give the new person significant

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<v Speaker 1>responsibility without worrying about things going awry. The new person

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<v Speaker 1>might also bring new enthusiasm to something that could probably

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<v Speaker 1>use it. If you are a teacher or a parent,

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<v Speaker 1>the same logic holds for kids as it does for newcomers.

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<v Speaker 1>I know of an expert teacher who liked to remind

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<v Speaker 1>his novice colleagues to ask themselves. Would my students be

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<v Speaker 1>better served by doing this for themselves? This is such

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<v Speaker 1>a helpful question for anyone to ask. Can your preschooler

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<v Speaker 1>pick out his own clothes? Can your twelfth grader call

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<v Speaker 1>the college admissions office to schedule an interview and doing

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<v Speaker 1>so build her confidence? You can invite the young people

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<v Speaker 1>in your life to contribute to shared endeavors too. For example,

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<v Speaker 1>older kids can prepare a dish for family gatherings, be

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<v Speaker 1>the lead on day to day care for pets or plants,

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<v Speaker 1>and take on other important, rewarding household responsibilities. When you

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<v Speaker 1>are hosting a family gathering, even younger children can understand

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<v Speaker 1>and fulfill the responsibility of making sure everyone feels welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>Giving responsibilities like these two young people honors them while

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<v Speaker 1>also spreading around ownership and responsibility. When you aim to

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<v Speaker 1>give responsibilities to new people, you engage more hands to

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<v Speaker 1>make lighter work well also welcoming people. You will reap

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<v Speaker 1>the benefits in the short term and for the future.

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<v Speaker 1>If you try offering an important responsibility to someone new,

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<v Speaker 1>you can tell me how it goes at Laura at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura vander Kam dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening and here's to making the most of

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