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…As accurate as it was, descriptions of team needs weren’t going help people who just wanted to know what work had to get done, and how they ought to go about it. So, I wondered, “How could I augment Three Imperatives so we would have something teams could use to generate collaboration and teamwork?” They needed the actual Practices to . Allow me to describe the six practices and how they align with the three imperatives.
Read MoreWithout clarity we waste time in meetings we don’t need to be part of, listening to stuff we don’t need to hear. What’s worth meeting about and engaging around? It’s that simple.
Read MoreWhat I learned through my research was that my well-intended alignment efforts weren’t helping collaboration. It wasn’t just about shared goals, I realized. To get more intentional collaboration, teams needed alignment. Then the Three Imperatives of Effective Collaboration emerged.
Read MoreI’ve said many times that my 17 years as an associate at Mars, Inc. was essential to the collaboration framework my colleagues and I developed and which led to the subsequent publication of my aptly titled book, Lessons from Mars. Serving as an internal effectiveness consultant gave me the opportunity to learn about Mars and its associates from the inside allowing me to truly understand the keys to effective collaboration.
Read MoreA few years ago, one of my HR colleagues called me with a request. “There’s this finance team I support and they are so dysfunctional it’s unbelievable. Can you help?” I paused, uncertain how to answer. I’d always felt that I was good with troubled teams, that I had a knack for working with dysfunction. But in this case, I balked.
Read MoreTrust isn’t a precondition for team success and we have to stop treating it that way. Don’t get me wrong; trust in teams matters - a lot. But too many teams believe that they need to build trust first in order to improve their performance or address their issues.
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