More Insights on Uncommon Collaboration
Reflections on leadership, teamwork, and the human habits that drive clarity, trust, and momentum.
More Insights
Additional writing on Uncommon Collaboration and how people work together.
Ask Your Team to Write Down Their Ideas and Opinions
Ask your team to write down their opinions and ideas before asking them to share their opinions and ideas.
Actually Have Conflict
Conflict norms are great, but they don’t do any good if you don’t actually engage in healthy conflict.
Seek Buy-In Not Consensus
As leaders, we should seek to create buy-in on our team instead of consensus.
Develop Conflict Norms
Developing conflict norms makes it easier for team members to engage in healthy conflict by creating a predictable environment.
Build a Strategic Playbook for Your Team
Build a strategic team playbook to eliminate confusion, reduce distraction, and create game-changing focus.
Three Questions to Quickly Create Team Alignment
Here are three questions to create quick alignment for your team.
Make Your Meetings Better by Asking These Two Questions
Earlier this year, I was encouraged to ask two questions at the end of every meeting that I facilitated. Here’s what they are and how to use them.
Alignment – Create One Overarching Goal for the Team
Most of the teams I work with fall into the same trap. There is so much work to do, so many urgent priorities, that teams either become paralyzed or try to pursue multiple priorities simultaneously. Here is how to fix it.