Last week we were joined by Nhi Aronheim, she delivered a powerful message on how we can support refugees in our own community drawing from her own personal experience. You can listen to her message through her recorded TedTalk. If you were unable to purchase her book, but are interested in reading her story as a child refugee who escaped Vietnam, you can find it on Amazon.
This week we will welcome Dr. Robert Ginnett who will speak on the Dark Side of Teams. We will hear about great teams, really bad-performing teams, and learn some things about teams that are unknown to most people.
I hope you will consider joining us on August 4th when we will be joined by Kathryn Orford who will share how we can reconnect, re-engage, and revitalize our world. RSVP HERE!
Be sure to save the date and register for these upcoming events:
Volunteer for the Backpack Bash with COSILoveYou July 29th or Aug. 5th for pick-up days or check out their many other volunteer opportunities. Sign up directly with COSILoveYou HERE and be sure to let Cody know by signing up for July 29th HERE and Aug. 5th HERE for our internal rotary tracking.
August Social: Donkey Derby Days, Aug 11 - 13th: For our Aug. social join us in Cripple Creek on Friday, Aug. 11th for the Street Dance kicking off at 7:00 pm. If you would like to carpool please sign up to be a driver or rider HERE!
Rotarian Chris Kosor has extended an invite for members to register to attend the First Tee: Tee's, Tacos, & Tequila Festival happening Aug 12th from 3:00 - 6:00 PM. Check out the flyer below, there will also be copies on each table this Friday.
Craig and Kyle Whitney Memorial Golf Tournament: Monday, Aug, 28th (8:00 am Shotgun Start, or join us for lunch at 12:30) *Please note, there will be no lunch meeting on Friday, Aug. 25th as we hope you will consider joining us for the event.
Flight Reveal: Friday, Sept. 1st, 5:00 - 7:00 PM - View the garden-sized butterflies and dragonflies on the Northwest lawn of the Pioneers Museum while the petite-sized butterflies will be on display inside COPPeR *Please note there is also no lunch meeting Sept. 1st since we have the Golf Tournament Monday and Reveal Friday night.
Flight Seasons of Wings Gala and Auction: Saturday, Sept. 23rd at the Hilton DoubleTree - Tickets will be on sale soon. If you are interested in being a sponsor for this year's event please contact Cody Burket
Please take some time to read the bulletin each week and check out our website which has more information about all our events, activities, and upcoming speakers.
Hopefully, most everyone has had a great team experience somewhere in their life. Almost assuredly, and unfortunately, everyone has had a very bad team experience. In this presentation, we will look at some really great teams, some really badly performing teams, and we will wrap up by peeking behind the curtain at a couple of things about teams that are, for the most part, completely unknown to most people.
BIO
Dr. Robert Ginnett is an internationally recognized expert in the leadership of high-performance teams and organizations. He has worked with hundreds of for-profit organizations as well as the United States Army, Navy and Air Force and the DIA and CIA. Prior to working independently, Robert was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership, and a tenured professor at the United States Air Force Academy where he also served as the Director of Leadership and Counseling. Additionally, he served in numerous line and staff positions in the military including leadership of an 875-man combat force and covert operations teams in the Vietnam War. He spent over ten years working as a researcher for NASA focusing his work at the Kennedy Space Center in the post-Challenger period and is currently on the faculty of the Gettysburg Leadership Experience. Robert is an organizational psychologist whose education includes a Ph.D. from Yale University. He has written numerous articles and chapters and is co-author of the best-selling undergraduate textbook, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience, now in its 10th edition.
Additional Background
Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Center for Creative Leadership
Tenured professor and Director of Leadership and Counseling at the US Air Force Academy
Served in numerous line and staff positions in the military. including leadership of an 875-man combat force and covert operations teams in the Vietnam War
Spent more than 10 years working as a researcher for NASA in aircraft cockpits and at the Kennedy Space Center
Holds two master's degrees and a PhD from Yale University
Author of numerous articles and book chapters and co-author of the best-selling undergraduate textbook, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience, now in its 10th edition
Volunteers as a Red Cross volunteer for disaster relief
Serves as a pro bono leadership consultant for his local Fire and Police Departments
Come Celebrate Donkey Derby Days in Cripple Creek!
Our social will be Friday evening, August 11th in Cripple Creek to enjoy the festivities - including Wild Blue Country playing at the event. This will be a fun and unique social. Bring your family and maybe even consider staying overnight and enjoying the donkey races on Saturday! More information to come.
Now in its fourth year, the Craig and Kyle Whitney Memorial Golf Tournament was established to provide community service. To-date, this very fun event has been sponsored by a wide range of local businesses and individuals and has raised more than $50,000 to benefit our community through the programs of the Salvation Army and the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs. Beginning last year and now going forward, the Whitney Tournament also provides “scholarships” for First Tee youth.
“Being able to participate in the Whitney Memorial Golf Tournament gave our participants an experience that they will never forget because it gave them a chance to grow and provided them a safe place to fail. They were pushed outside of their comfort zones and were able to rely on all the active learning experiences that we have been teaching them through our life skills and leadership curriculum.”
Emily Ortmeier, LPGA, Director of Golf and Education First Tee – Southern Colorado
If you are interested in promoting your business, we are offering banner advertising on our website for $250 for the Rotary year. This is a great way to help underwrite the costs of our club website and promote your business at the same time! See Mike McGrath or Misty Stuart for more details.
