{"id":5990,"date":"2020-12-04T08:27:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T13:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/?p=5990"},"modified":"2020-12-17T12:10:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T17:10:26","slug":"small-bites-the-a-tool-for-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/2020\/12\/04\/small-bites-the-a-tool-for-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Bites: A Tool for Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authored by Coach Abby Sadauckas<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Small Bites are short, informational articles with practical ideas about stress reduction, improved communication, and farm and family well-being. They are written by coaches from UMaine Extension\u2019s Farm Coaching<\/a> team. Farm Coaches are available at no cost to work remotely with farmers and farm teams.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Four G’s – A Tool for Collaboration
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The Four G’s is an activity included in the book, People & Permaculture<\/a> written by Looby Macnamara in 2012. The concept is simple and the activity is powerful!<\/p>\n

What does it do?<\/p>\n

In a group it is helpful to understand the motivations, concerns, and parameters of others. Anybody else experience collaboration fatigue?<\/em><\/span> Did you think everyone was on the same page about project goals?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Sitting down with this tool can help identify, in a non-confrontational manner where differences of opinion or approach are, either before you get started or once things go off track.<\/p>\n

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To use the tool, take a sheet of paper and divide it into four sections by folding or by drawing a grid. Working clockwise, write a heading in each quadrant – Gives, Gains, Groans, <\/span><\/strong>and<\/span><\/span> Guidelines.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n