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Is My Team a Team
Note: this is a series of weekly tips to build a functional, collaborative, aligned team. Tip: Determine if Your Team is Actually a Team When I was in college, I worked as a cook at Pizza Hut. My job on a Friday night was to get pizzas cooked and out to our customers...
Ask Your Team to Write Down Their Ideas and Opinions
Note: this is a series of weekly tips to build a functional, collaborative, aligned team. Tip: Ask Your Team to Write Down Their Ideas and Opinions This week’s tip is super simple and takes no time to implement. If you are reading this right before a team meeting, you...
Actually Have Conflict
Note: this is a series of weekly tips to build a functional, collaborative, aligned team. Tip: Actually Have Conflict A couple of weeks ago, I shared a tip about creating conflict norms for your team. Conflict norms give your team a predictable environment which makes...
Seek Buy-In Not Consensus
Note: this is the tenth in a series of weekly tips to build a functional, collaborative, aligned team. Tip: Seek Buy-In, Not Consensus Most of us as leaders try to create consensus on our team. Consensus feels good. Consensus is comfortable. Consensus makes everyone...