Creating A Positive Team Culture | National Democratic Training Committee

Creating A Positive Team Culture

By Jan Gaetjens
30 min
Management & Leadership

Course Outline

Content
  • 3 Videos
  • 2 Activities (25 min)
What You Need
  • Just yourself!

What You’ll Learn

  • How to establish and refer back to “norms” as a part of building a positive team culture
  • How to critically reflect on authentic diversity and inclusivity
  • How to articulate your professional needs and balance them with the needs of your team

Why This is Important

Without the right tools, the intense, fast pace of campaigns can lead to burnout. In this course, we help you build two tools to create a more sustainable work environment: team norms and individual “user manuals”. Using these tools will help you become a better team member and position you to be a supportive leader throughout the challenges that arise on your campaign and throughout your career.

Key Resources

  • Example: NDTC Norms
  • “My User Manual” Template

Related Trainings

  • Foundations of Inclusive Practice—Learn key frameworks for understanding diversity and inclusion, with a focus on how individual agency can drive systemic change
  • Equitable and Inclusive Campaign Practices (coming soon) — In part two of this series, learn how to apply the concepts you learn in Foundations to campaigning and leading teams
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Jan Gaetjens

Trainer

Jan Gaetjens is a Chicago-based educator with a background in K-12 and higher learning. As a first generation American, born to Haitian and Guyanese parents, Jan has an unwavering belief in the potential of the American experiment and the transformative power of education.

Since 2012, Jan has developed career exploration and social-emotional learning curricula for Chicago Public Schools, several charter school networks, DePaul University, and Rush University, supporting countless students to and through college. In 2017, he was recognized as the Illinois Counseling Association’s Graduate Student of the Year for his work on the city’s West Side.

Jan holds a BA in Sociology from Georgetown University and an MA in School Counseling from DePaul University, where he is currently pursuing his PhD in Curriculum Studies. His research and writing focuses on the intersections of democracy, public education, and racial justice.