{"id":462,"date":"2008-01-25T00:35:02","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T07:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/462\/visual-management-and-self-reliance"},"modified":"2014-10-09T17:34:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T22:34:10","slug":"visual-management-and-self-reliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/visual-management-and-self-reliance\/462\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Management and Self-Reliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of my primary goals in life is to teach my kids to be eventually good, productive, and <a title=\"how to help others become self reliant\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/jacobs-oven-and-lean\/393\/\">self-reliant adults<\/a>.\u00a0 One area of life-skills that my wife and I are focused on in teaching our children, is teaching them the principle of work: how to work, the value of work, to take ownership over their responsibilities, and to be proud of their accomplishments, and to learn to work as a team and family.\u00a0 One way we are reinforcing the principle of work is through the use of effective Visual Management.<\/p>\n\n<p>My wife created a wonderful job chart, which you find below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10147 size-full\" title=\"visual-management-self-reliance\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/visual-management-self-reliance.jpg\" alt=\"visual management in the family\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/visual-management-self-reliance.jpg 500w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/visual-management-self-reliance-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>This Job Chart is in our kitchen, where there is frequent foot traffic and where our family spends most of our time.\u00a0 There are a few items I&#8217;d like to note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My kid&#8217;s ages are (from top-to-bottom): 9,8,7,3,3<\/li>\n<li>The Kid&#8217;s Heads: Visually representing each child with their face is much more effective than using their names.\u00a0 The Kid&#8217;s Heads are laminated and have Velcro on the back, to facilitate ease-of-job-rotation.\u00a0 This approach is also very environmentally friendly, since the pictures and the board are laminated &#8212; there&#8217;s no waste.<\/li>\n<li>We have jobs over 6 days &#8212; Monday through Saturday and the jobs are fixed, but the heads are rotateable.\u00a0 The younger boys (the twins) rotate with each other at the bottom 2 rows &#8212; those jobs are designed for their age and ability.\u00a0 The top-3 rows contain jobs for the older kids and those jobs are designed for their age and ability.<\/li>\n<li>Every Sunday, we rotate the heads for the upcoming week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Deploying The Program<\/h2>\n<p>When my wife and I first met about this during our end-of-the-year meeting, we were quite excited and saw a lot of promise in helping our kids learn the value of work.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Plan<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>My wife and I first met together to discuss our goals for the year 2008 and how we could accomplish those goals and the expected outcomes at the end of 2008.\u00a0 We then brainstormed all the jobs that needed to get done in our household on a daily and weekly basis.\u00a0 We, then, categorized the jobs based on age and abilities of our children.\u00a0 For example, we had to be sensitive to the child&#8217;s height or the size of their hand and matched the work to their physical and mental abilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Do<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We gathered the family together and explained our goals and vision for 2008 as it relates to the principle of work.\u00a0 I explained to the kids how important work is and I also shared my personal stories about the principle of work.\u00a0 I showed encouragement and excitement to the kids and that learning the principle of work will help them &#8220;feel big&#8221; and not little anymore.<\/li>\n<li>My wife and I explained our expectations\u00a0 and discussed rewards and consequences and also the start-date.<\/li>\n<li>We provided training on some jobs that the kids were not familiar with.\u00a0 This is especially true for my twins, as this is their first foray into a more structured world of chores and work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Check<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Every night during our family prayer, we discuss how the day went and how their jobs are going.<\/li>\n<li>The 3 older kids have other diversions also like homework, piano, playing the Wii, and hanging out with friends.\u00a0 We want to make sure that they can still do other stuff and not be too burdened by any single item.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Act<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Depending on the findings during our daily discussions, then we adjust.\u00a0 For some kids, they might have to double-up on work the next day so they can do homework.\u00a0 We do not want to Batch work like that, but that is an option until further discussions can be had on whether there might be too much work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Respect For The Kids<\/h2>\n<p>The Job Chart conveys information so that Mom and Dad don&#8217;t have to.\u00a0 When Mom or Dad have to convey the information, it usually ends-up as nagging.\u00a0 That approach is irritating, disrespectful, and polarizes people.\u00a0 We want, instead, to teach self-reliance, demonstrate our trust in the kids, and help them grow in their own terms, but with our loving guidance.<\/p>\n<h2>How Can This Be Improved?<\/h2>\n<p>What we haven&#8217;t done yet is to provide Standard Work Cards for each job, showing in text how to do the job and also a picture of what a &#8220;good job&#8221; 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