When you collaborate are you looking forward or backward? I facilitated a Board meeting recently and an analogy used for how the Board operated was that of the direction you gazed when in a car. “Instead of this Board looking in the rear view mirror when meeting, it should be looking out through the windshield.” […]
Here I am on a rainy Sunday morning at 9 am writing a blog post and feeling guilty. Not because I’m squeezing in a task before church, but because I didn’t arise at 6 am to write more blogs like I had planned. Many people would laugh at reading this. Now, I’m able to laugh […]
Here’s number 3 of 3 lists. Enjoy! Use the strengths-based collaboration tools and language from Gallup, Core Clarity and Cima to activate the ‘crucial conversations’ that need to happen in a functional organization Create team ground rules and rules of engagement Use collaboration games (talent pictionary, silent squares, etc…) to build trust
Here are collaboration business applications 6-10, 11-17 to come… maximize the value each team member delivers by enabling them to broaden their role horizontally based on talents in addition to the traditional, vertical, job-title promotion route refresh the traditional way new projects are pursued and delivered change the culture from a ‘command and control’ style […]
