Hi all. Yainping from Singapore. A School Staff Developer. Thanks to @mr_henry_lee for the alert of the topic that will value-add to my work. #engagechat
Names I see engaging w/#engagechat plus topic of capacity-building sound like an inviting combination... I'm Brian. I teach middle-school students English in Colorado.
Glad to be here. Gary, former supt of 3 districts in WI & IL, now trainer for CHARACTER COUNTS, realizing that leadership is not what you do but what the people you serve do #engagechat
A1: Capacity building is about recognizing the inherent talent and power that each of us has inside of ourselves. It's about helping folks realize that they have this power, and can tap into it. Once they do that - they can do anything. #engagechat
A1 My colleague/principal asks me to do something. It is an opportunity, not "another thing." They let me do it. I am not micro-managed. I ask for support and learn along the way. I give my findings. I am empowered. #engagechat
A1: Capacity building is when you take time to invest in others and push them out of their comfort zone, while providing support to ensure their success, so they grow to new levels. #engagechat
A1: It’s the ability to see the potential in others and being able to provide them with guidance and support on how to maximize their potential. #engagechat
A1: Capacity building is about recognizing the inherent talent and power that each of us has inside of ourselves. It's about helping folks realize that they have this power, and can tap into it. Once they do that - they can do anything. #engagechat
A1: Capacity building means we empower. We coach and support, but we also honor agency and provide opportunities for others to grow and shine. 🌟 #engagechathttps://t.co/7eSewMQuOp
A1 capacity building is empowerment. Its supporting people to build the habits, mindset, and skills so the whole system and culture can operate at higher levels. #engagechat
A1: Capacity building is important because it encourages the leadership to evaluate their abilities. Also, capacity building is important because the evaluation process coupled with the implementation component help ensure organizational success and sustainability. #engagechat
A1: It’s the ability to see the potential in others and being able to provide them with guidance and support on how to maximize their potential. #engagechat
A1: providing such support and organizational systems that individuals are able to reach into their capacity and maximize it. Once others have been trusted to do the work to this high level, they can do anything #EngageChat
Capacity building to me is bringing out the latent potential of others for the greater good of the organisation. It is to help others see they are capable of a greater positive impact than they think they could have by equipping them with the knowledge and skills. #engagechat
#engagechat a1 Trust is a gift meaning that person has given you their perceived frailties and fears abd believe that you won't use them against them. Well it's one type of trust
A1: It’s the ability to see the potential in others and being able to provide them with guidance and support on how to maximize their potential. #engagechat
A1: Building a community of learners where all members have a stake in improving the school (district) Found in the intentional effort to build of solid relationships #engagechat
Capacity building within a school is improving skills and strategies to make learning more effective. Professional development of educators and innovation involving students, parents and educators #engagechat This is what makes a great school-a growth oriented, like minded vision
A1. Capacity building is a process whereby a group retains their learning by improving skills, retaining skills, knowledge, tools, etc. in order to do their jobs effectively or continue learning on track and move forward.#engagechat
A1 Capacity building puts full faith, trust and motivation behind others, instilling belief in their abilities, overcoming their self doubts. #engagechat
A1: Capacity building means created a shared knowledge such that no one person is responsible for the success of any part of the whole. It is sharing & collaboration #engagechat
A1 Capacity building to me means taking a people first approach with teacher training. We have to understand that teachers need more than the certification and in fact are continual learners w/different needs and capabilities themselves #engagechat
A1: It’s the ability to see the potential in others and being able to provide them with guidance and support on how to maximize their potential. #engagechat
A1 Capacity building: Recognizing in ourselves & others knowledge or skills that weren't there before, realizing the efforts that contributed to those differences we noticed, stoking the desire to replicate/sustain that momentum. #engagechat
A1: Capacity building is when you take time to invest in others and push them out of their comfort zone, while providing support to ensure their success, so they grow to new levels. #engagechat
A1 Capacity building: Recognizing in ourselves & others knowledge or skills that weren't there before, realizing the efforts that contributed to those differences we noticed, stoking the desire to replicate/sustain that momentum. #engagechat
A1: building a foundation around you of people who share the same vision as you while investing in the nah sayers to understand their thought process #engagechat
To build up the capacity of others is to help them see how they can draw out and maximise their strengths and minimise their weaknesses for the greater good of others in the organization #engagechat
A1: Capacity building means created a shared knowledge such that no one person is responsible for the success of any part of the whole. It is sharing & collaboration #engagechat
A1 Capacity building puts full faith, trust and motivation behind others, instilling belief in their abilities, overcoming their self doubts. #engagechat
Sounds pretty negative to me but it could be because I'm privileged to be in a district that keeps up with and understands research and does whatever is best for students.#engagechat
#engagechat a2 Respecting each staff's expertise and insight. Thank you @JeremyDBond
Even reading this from across the ocean reminded me of the values of a great boss.
It's a worthy practice across the board.
Be engaged. Be around. Do more listening than dictating. Treat others’ expertise, experience and insight with at least as much respect as you do your own. #EngageChat A2
A2 Trust. I'm an Instructional Coach/Reading Specialist. I ask Ts to collaborate w/ me in a variety of ways: presenting at conferences, writing published articles. I trust their expertise, they trust mine. #engagechat
A2- You create conditions which support their own growth- you can't force someone to move from A to B- there must be a desire and a willingness to work for the good of the whole. #engagechat
A2: Let go of our egos and remember that we aren't the only ones who can do this, that, or the other! Share your expertise, the control, and trust in your people. #engagechat
A2: Practice chameleon leadership. Who do you need me to be. Try to be that for you. If I can’t be that, I can connect you with someone who can. #engagechat
A2 Trust. I'm an Instructional Coach/Reading Specialist. I ask Ts to collaborate w/ me in a variety of ways: presenting at conferences, writing published articles. I trust their expertise, they trust mine. #engagechat
A2: Simultaneously: hold them to high expectations, support them if they don't meet those expectations, bring positivity wherever possible, and actually believe in others. #engagechat.
A1b. When I think of capacity building I also think of diversity. Having a diverse PLN means others challenging my vision which builds within me the capacity or stamina to go forward. #engagechat
A2: 360 Assessments are helpful to identify one’s strengths/areas of growth. Use the results to get results. Or, allow others to goal set and provide support thereafter. #engagechat
You bring up an important point, too, Lane: not all schools/districts are like this. There are fantastic leaders out there, too. 💗💗 We just have to keep sharing so that it spreads. #engagechat
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@LaneWalker2, @D4Griffin3, @HargreavesBC
A2- You create conditions which support their own growth- you can't force someone to move from A to B- there must be a desire and a willingness to work for the good of the whole. #engagechat
A2: Get to know them well first. Different people have different strengths and weaknesses. One size doesn't fit all. We can complement one another well as a team if we can customise our approach towards capacity building by being a personal mentor to them. #engagechat
A2 Capacity is built through relationships and dialogue. When we value what others bring to the table and encourage them to share their gifts, the entire system benefits. #engagechat
A2: We need to encourage people of multiple experience levels and perspectives to branch out and seek leadership opportunities. Our PD needs to foster leadership skills and increase the growth of leadership characteristics so people feel empowered. #EngageChat
A2. Encourage them to take risks, move forward, continue their learning, celebrate their successes, keeep a positive mindset, have Ss set goals in learning and check progress. #engagechat
A2 You can only build the capacity of others when you take the time to listen to them carefully, observe them, get to know them and believe in them.#EngageChat
A2:
Capacity building is not about judging—or even leading.
It’s about empowering.
We can coach others to reflect and question in order to find the answers that are already waiting inside.
#engagechat
Lift them up so they can see the panoramic view of opportunity & growth. Give them a strong, sturdy foundation so they can climb higher or dive off into the waves of inspiration- this lures innovation to the forefront #engagechat If we nudge and guide with patience-they will soar
A2: There are things people on your team are currently good at doing and others that they struggle with. The more you allow them to learn and practice something new, the more they build capacity doing it. #engagechat
A2: Invest in your people, help they grow, provide them with feedback, and support them. Our Ts are the key to the success of our kids! Make them a priority! #engagechat
Lift them up so they can see the panoramic view of opportunity & growth. Give them a strong, sturdy foundation so they can climb higher or dive off into the waves of inspiration- this lures innovation to the forefront #engagechat If we nudge and guide with patience-they will soar
A2: There are things people on your team are currently good at doing and others that they struggle with. The more you allow them to learn and practice something new, the more they build capacity doing it. #engagechat
AMEN! If you want folks to be willing to grow & change, you have to grow & change with them! Roll up the sleeves and get in there! My promises to my staff as their principal here: https://t.co/r0hs0Cz5Du#engagechat
A2 You can only build the capacity of others when you take the time to listen to them carefully, observe them, get to know them and believe in them.#EngageChat
A2. Encourage them to take risks, move forward, continue their learning, celebrate their successes, keeep a positive mindset, have Ss set goals in learning and check progress. #engagechat
A2 Pattern I'm noticing in #EngageChat responses: Less focus on explicitly building capacity of others & more on coaching others towards expanding their own horizons.
A2. I believe it starts with the leaders willingness to go through transformation themselves. This builds the patience and discipline for others. #engagechat
A2 Capacity is built through relationships and dialogue. When we value what others bring to the table and encourage them to share their gifts, the entire system benefits. #engagechat
A2 #engagechat To lay the ground work for others to shine- we need to make sure we carry a torch. Illuminate different angles so they feel safe to venture off into the dark. The dark is where new ideas come to life.
A2. I believe it starts with the leaders willingness to go through transformation themselves. This builds the patience and discipline for others. #engagechat
A2: Build the capacity of others by allowing them to see you are also learning together with them. Inspire them to want to do something about their own capacity building by showing them we are all works in progress. #engagechat
a3: PERSONALIZED! We differentiate for our Ss, why aren't we for our professionals? PD is useless if those attending do not feel as though it relates to them! Personalize it & make it engaging #engagechat
A3 Tiered/differentiated learning. Recently, I had to sit through a PD on how to teach students how to annotate. Jeez, I wrote a chapter on that in my book. Really? I wrote my grocery list instead. #engagechat
Jumping in ... I know my weaknesses. Personalized Pd means I’m learning what I need to grow in. I don’t need to sit in 2 hours of gsuite training #EngageChat
A3: It needs to be differentiated like we should with our students. There needs to be variety and varying formats. It should be responsive, reflective, and real time. #EngageChat
A2: empowerment needs to be demonstrated and supported by the leadership. If leaders are the only ones leading they send a clear message that they are the only ones capable #engagechat
A3. Differences between staff development, professional development & professional learning. SD: control is external, it’s an event & participants are recipients of learning. PD: external or shared control and event-like. PL: I’m in the driver’s seat & it’s ongoing. #engagechat
Tension here intrigues me: When do I double-down on a strength versus invest in building new capacity in potentially dicey, unexplored territory? Answers likely depend on situational context, including who's around (a.k.a. peer pressure). #engagechat
A2: There are things people on your team are currently good at doing and others that they struggle with. The more you allow them to learn and practice something new, the more they build capacity doing it. #engagechat
A3: personalized PD to me is taking the initiative to learn what I want to learn, what I need to learn, and reaching my own goals. I believe in designing district and school pd that provides voice and choice for staff. #engagechat
Any professional development that isn’t personal isn’t purposeful. When educators are given the choice on how they develop their skills, grow and inspire then it becomes relevant, meaningful and above all memorable and applicable #engagechat we implement the personal
A3 Personalized PD is tailored to the needs of the individual. This type of PD considers the professional's goals, how they wish to apply the information learned, is often job-embedded, and is immediately applicable to the learner's day-to-day tasks #engagechat
A3 Realizing that you can grow and that your craft is always in need of fine tuning...if we think we've arrived, think again...stay hungry! #EngageChat
A3. Personalized PD is when T can find PD which best suits their needs and gaps for learning fitted directly for them and they can control their own learning. #engagechat
A3: Personalized PL means that I see and take every experience in my day as a learning opportunity from which to grow. It may be topical, a book I choose to read or an interaction with others that is transformative. Any action can be a learning experience. #engagechat
Exactly. There’s a difference between getting staff together on a vision and what teachers individually need to grow #growthmindset for teachers too #EngageChat
A3. Differences between staff development, professional development & professional learning. SD: control is external, it’s an event & participants are recipients of learning. PD: external or shared control and event-like. PL: I’m in the driver’s seat & it’s ongoing. #engagechat
A3 Personalized professional development is liberation from scripts, recognizing that people have their own wants, needs and motivations that need individual attention instead of painting with a broad brush. #EngageChat
A3: Personalized PD starts with relationships, and knowing what areas your staff wants to grow in, and providing them with choices in PD and how they want to reach their professional goals. #engagechat
A:3 Personalized PD means that you will learn what you want and need to learn based on your own assessment and not on other people’s assessment of you!#engagechat
A3 I love the definition that @benakallick and @allison_zmuda provide about personalized learning in thier book. Personalized PD is about respecting Voice, using social constructivist practices, co-creation, and self-discovery. #engagechat
A3 Personalized PD is tailored to the needs of the individual. This type of PD considers the professional's goals, how they wish to apply the information learned, is often job-embedded, and is immediately applicable to the learner's day-to-day tasks #engagechat
And is likely a lot more productive when, as professionals, we understand how cultural shifts are affecting how we need to change as educators. #engagechat
A3 Effectively personalized PD should mean all participants exit with newly built capacity, plus ideas about worthy next steps for subsequent capacity trajectories. #engagechat
A3 Jumping into #EngageChat and found your response. You summed up personalized PD, Chyrs. I spend time talking with the admins before the PD I deliver so I know how to tailor my thoughts. Teachers need PD that meets their needs.
A3. Differences between staff development, professional development & professional learning. SD: control is external, it’s an event & participants are recipients of learning. PD: external or shared control and event-like. PL: I’m in the driver’s seat & it’s ongoing. #engagechat
A:3 Personalized PD means that you will learn what you want and need to learn based on your own assessment and not on other people’s assessment of you!#engagechat
A3: Personalized PD starts with relationships, and knowing what areas your staff wants to grow in, and providing them with choices in PD and how they want to reach their professional goals. #engagechat
Thanks, Elizabeth! This group has helped me make it through some tough days with the perfect combination of humor, wisdom and inspiration! #engagechat#kusdlearn
A3: Providing personal & intentional development opportunities that lead to coordinating a task force or improvement committee that goes beyond the delegation of ritual tasks. This can serve as an effective tool for capacity-building in key staff. #engagechat
A3: Personalized PD starts with relationships, and knowing what areas your staff wants to grow in, and providing them with choices in PD and how they want to reach their professional goals. #engagechat
I think it's all in the approach. If we have the mindset that we are learners for life, anything that can make us better at what we do, should at least be heard. #engagechat
A:3 Personalized PD means that you will learn what you want and need to learn based on your own assessment and not on other people’s assessment of you!#engagechat
a3 #engagechat Personalised PD is generally why I am here it is the sundae for the menu of your mind learning ( when school may only offer toast). It's what you need and or want to learn. #virtuEL18 was a good e.g of personalised pd in #ESOL
A3: I think personalized PD is great but I also think sometimes it's good to have everyone in the building on the same page for certain instructional strategies. Balance is key! #engagechat
Still very annoyed I had to sit through an hour on how to use google forms. And before that an hour on flipgrid. I sat in the back doing my pacing . #EngageChat
A2 First you need to start by building relationships and gaining trust. Then, collegiality and concern come next. Good modeling and faith in your group. Turn over the reins so that all voices are heard. Allow the team to flourish. #engagechat
I hear you, Kris. Countless learning decisions to make along the way, & perhaps make again in a better way if the initial choice goes awry! #engagechat
A3: HQ Personalized PL is about who is in the learner’s driver seat. If there are choices, the learner still may not have had control of the options that were presented. When the learner says, “I need this” & the leader builds the bridge: that’s building capacity. #engagechat
A3 Personalized PD is tailored to the needs of the individual. This type of PD considers the professional's goals, how they wish to apply the information learned, is often job-embedded, and is immediately applicable to the learner's day-to-day tasks #engagechat
I love the idea of choice, but believe there should be some parameters. It would not be productive for some choose "PD" that reinforces a closed mind set on an issue where change is needed. #engagechat
@daviswelcome A3 personalized PD means a continuous honest reflection with oneself to determine self growth needs in real time and realizing that each day can offer multiple chances for personalized Pd if you allow and trust it to happen #engagechat
A4: HQ Personalized PL is about who is in the learner’s driver seat. If there are choices, the learner still may not have had control of the options that were presented. When the learner says, “I need this” & the leader builds the bridge: that’s building capacity. #engagechat
A4: most of the PD in my district this year has been our own staff sharing best practices with other teachers. Our own teachers are the pd leaders. We have so much expertise with our own staffs d it is very powerful when colleagues get time to share and question. #engagechat
A4 Great leaders delegate among staff to take advantage of individual strengths for the benefit of everyone in the group and the rest of the organization. #EngageChat
A3: communities of learning amongst the Ts. This goes so far. We need to be given the support to follow our own learning/goals with the support that failure can be part of the process. Recognition of process should be made whole school if we are all to learn #engagechat
A4: Leaders can build leadership capacity among staff by modeling servant leadership, providing authentic opportunities for others to lead, and giving them the space to spread their wings and soar. 💗🌟 #engagechat
A4: What is the leadership capacity of individual teachers, our principal, our political figures? Leadership, and the work of leadership means reciprocal, purposeful learning together in community. #engagechat
Recognize that Ts are on the ground. We see needs. Let us collaborate on how to meet those needs. There’s a reason we focus on student centered learning and collaboration. #EngageChat
A4 an educational leader’s moral imperative is to 1) know their teachers 2) know their needs 3) know their students and their needs and 4) line them all up to help them learn and grow. #engagechat
A4: most of the PD in my district this year has been our own staff sharing best practices with other teachers. Our own teachers are the pd leaders. We have so much expertise with our own staffs d it is very powerful when colleagues get time to share and question. #engagechat
I'm going to put in a plug for collaborative assessment structures: conducting the processes you describe *with* learners, rather than doing them *to* learners, or exclusively having learners fend for themselves. #engagechat
A:3 Personalized PD means that you will learn what you want and need to learn based on your own assessment and not on other people’s assessment of you!#engagechat
A4 Leaders build leadership capacity among staff when they #Believe and value their team's unique talents. It's all about growing new leaders through mentoring & modeling. #engagechat
A4 Building leadership capacity in others begins with empowering team members to think, make decisions, & implement plans they create. Leaders are tasked to bring the vision to fruition. Empowering team members to connect their ideas to larger goals increases capacity #engagechat
We know it is our ownership of own professional growth. But what is compelling for one to own it from the heart? This question bothers me a lot. Any views? #engagechat
A4 Leaders build leadership capacity among staff when they #Believe and value their team's unique talents. It's all about growing new leaders through mentoring & modeling. #engagechat
A4: Incidentally , my school has embarked on Leader In Me programme as a whole school approach...we have been talking about the 7 habits and discussing how we can concretize these habits among our Ss...Ts are getting pretty excited about this 👍#engagechat
I love the idea of choice, but believe there should be some parameters. It would not be productive for some choose "PD" that reinforces a closed mind set on an issue where change is needed. #engagechat
A4 Leaders build leadership capacity among staff when they #Believe and value their team's unique talents. It's all about growing new leaders through mentoring & modeling. #engagechat
A4: Absolutely!! If only leaders lead then others will only follow. It takes a village and all members should have equal opportunities to shine #engagechat
A4 Agreeing with all this PLN brilliance. Sometimes, for my school it's about helping people see their own genius, promoting it with their peers, and encouraging them to share. Teachers are humble, sometimes they need that cheerleading... #engagechat
A4: We build leadership capacity by creating a culture of trust, respect, and distributive leadership opportunities. Teams must trust each other, and leaders must be able to delegate for schools to be successful. #engagechat
A4) My admins are good at saying, “We trust you- go get ‘it’”. And then truly giving me the space to do just that. And so I do! I hate being conscripted or limited intellectually. In fact, I wouldn’t stay anywhere that would try. Challenge me, but don’t limit me. #engagechat
A4.1 Choice is huge! Almost every activity that a teacher is part of is mandated by someone else...give them a shot at creating and cultivating how they experience Personalized PD #engagechat
A4: we have been providing teachers with time in the day to observe other teachers as part of monitoring the fidelity of our instructional model look fors. #engagechat
A4 Getting out of the way-nicely said, Rita. Can't wait for you to join me as guest moderator for the 2/25/19 #NYEDChat convo. Let's talk soon. #EngageChat
A4: Build leadership capacity not by mere delegation of tasks but really, grow your relationship first with staff and let them know you have a genuine interest in their potential to add further value to the school #engagechat
A5: Nothing feels better than actually struggling and then achieving something. Achievement begets confidence! That is the gift that capacity building gives. #engagechat
A4 Leaders build leadership capacity among staff when they #Believe and value their team's unique talents. It's all about growing new leaders through mentoring & modeling. #engagechat
A4 Leaders build leadership capacity among staff with trust, relationships and empowerment. Keep your eyes open and notice potential among all staff and students! Foster the power to believe in oneself in others, encourage leadership#engagechat @daviswelcome
A4 Leaders build leadership capacity among staff when they #Believe and value their team's unique talents. It's all about growing new leaders through mentoring & modeling. #engagechat
...and so did I when I was a districtwide director. Teachers value their peers who are concerned about the growth and well-being of students when these people are leaders who are learners and facilitators. #EngageChat
Personal experience: I’m an introvert. I have anxiety. If you believe in me & help me grow, I’ll believe in myself more. I am afraid to speak up IRL. I NEED to know admin believes/trusts #EngageChat
A5) If I feel trusted to do what I think is best, then it’s my best you’re gonna get. How is that a bad approach? As long as my vision overlaps with yours everyone will win. #engagechat
A5 By people believing in people, building on strengths, and the investment in others well being so that all stakeholders and the organization soars. #engagechat
A5. By retaining skills, learning new skills, leading, sharing, collaborating, learning together, one develops self confidence by believing in themselves because they have accomplished goals in leadership and have shared their learning products with others.#engagechat
A5 Building capacity can build self confidence by giving staff the opportunity to share the wonderful things they are doing with their kids with others. Ts need to know what they are doing is amazing and needs to be shared to inspire and motivate #EngageChat
I want to create an English dept. I would like to lead. No one else wants to. But... first year at school. Don’t want to be bossy. Blah blah #selfdoubt#EngageChat
A5: If you give someone the tools/skills and belief that they can do something, they will more often than not give it a go, not only give it a go, but develop confidence and continue to succeed. #engagechat
A5: It's like learning to ride a bicycle. The going gets rough at first and even discouraging at times. But once we have learnt how to cycle well, we dare to embark on longer adventures and venture into uncharted territories because now we can. #engagechat
When others rally around you and support your ideas- you feel connected and a part of a community. Sometimes we need exterior confidence from others to blend with our internal strengths to help us recognize our potential. #EngageChat
A5 By people believing in people, building on strengths, and the investment in others well being so that all stakeholders and the organization soars. #engagechat
A5: My mentor decades ago taught me to accept that I can change only by going to work on myself & the things I needed to know to be a better leader #engagechat
When others rally around you and support your ideas- you feel connected and a part of a community. Sometimes we need exterior confidence from others to blend with our internal strengths to help us recognize our potential. #EngageChat
A5 As your capacity increases so does your confidence and as your confidence increases you take more risks and as you take more risks you learn more and as you learn more your performance increases! #engagechat
A5:
Capacity building helps to develop self-confidence because it provides opportunities for others to DO and grow.
The more we do, the more we realize we can do more and more.
We recognize that we are capable.
We are empowered.
#engagechat
A5 As your capacity increases so does your confidence and as your confidence increases you take more risks and as you take more risks you learn more and as you learn more your performance increases! #engagechat
A5 As your capacity increases so does your confidence and as your confidence increases you take more risks and as you take more risks you learn more and as you learn more your performance increases! #engagechat
A5 Capacity building is empowering, telling the other person that leaders, co-workers and peers have confidence that whatever needs to be done will be done right. #EngageChat
A5 Helping someone recognize and share their gifts is the ultimate goal. In my experience, it leads to their empowerment of others to do the same thing! #engagechathttps://t.co/5zuV94akQK
A5 Capacity building is important because it solidifies the intent that "we are all in it for the right reasons so we choose those who are models, mentors that believe in student success and teamwork." #EngageChat
When admin trusts and believes in their team, everyone grows. It trickles down to the teachers and the students. Everyone’s capacity increases #EngageChat
A4: we have been providing teachers with time in the day to observe other teachers as part of monitoring the fidelity of our instructional model look fors. #engagechat
Risk-taking moves everyone just a bit further in accomplishing a given task but there has to be a safety net for those who are fearful of taking those steps forward. #EngageChat
A5: when your given opportunities to self build and grow you develop confidence and better understand your own capabilities. If responsibility is taken away it sends the message that you are not capable #engagechat
