Inspiring ✨

Being inspiring means sparking a fire of motivation in others. We do this by…

first seeking out to be inspired, in order to be inspiring
knowing firmly that we are here to create positive impact and serve the greater good
leading others with authenticity, empathy and emotion (often joy)

Inspired
- Being with students in the classroom and seeing the energy of the classroom
- Seeing students using and adopting our app: in our data, or seeing a photo of a student using it on Chromebook
- Learning about AI tech and AI development tools
Inspiring
- Uplifting each other and saying “yes and…” to team mates’ ideas rather than shooting them down
- Sharing personal stories about what inspires us, or being vulnerable with what we’ve experienced in our own lives
- Facilitating a classroom and getting the students to explore and think about their future

As Individuals
- Carve out time to scan for and seek out inspiration, spend more time with students
- Focus on energy management rather than time management
- Help and support each other to embody our genius and be within our inspiration
- Recognize and celebrate ourselves and others when we are inspiring
As an organization
- Hiring - look for people who are already inspiring. hire people who raise the bar of the team.
- Onboarding - inspire new hires in the onboarding processes, show how the value of being inspiring ties into daily work and long-term goals
- Ongoing
  - provide support and encourage people to do inspiring things (e.g. carving out space and time, providing budget, mentorship)
  - recognize formally and informally when people are being inspiring (how do we want to do this?)
- Offboarding - encourage and support people to leave Hope Street Group when it is time for them to do something even more inspiring outside of our organization

Evidence of an inspiring team mate
- They carve out time to look for inspiration, e.g. talking to students, educators
- They talk/write about what inspires them regularly
- People around them (regardless whether they are a peer, report, their manager, or a customer) grow and become more “successful” with time
Evidence of an inspiring organization
- We all feel energized and resourced. There is energy in the air when we work.
- Opportunities show-up on our doorstep.
- We create change and impact in others.