Tag: Psychological Safety
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Happy National Awkward Moments Day
🥳 Happy National Awkward Moments Day! – March 18Celebrate the day by Seeing the humor in awkward moments and have fun with them. Being vulnerable –Share stories about our own awkward moments with your team. Laugh over them and enjoy the memory. Helping someone else recover from an awkward moment. They may be embarrassing…
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The insanity of groupthink
📖 “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche’s thinking about how individuals interact when in a group closely aligns with the concept defined by Irving Janis in 1972 called “groupthink.” ✏️ Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon in which people strive for consensus within…
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Empowerment comes from knowing how to think.
“I want my team to be more accountable.” “I wish my team took initiative more often.” “It would be great if my team thought more ‘out of the box.’” Teach your team HOW to think, instead of WHAT to think. Teams follow your lead, so if you’re looking for improvements in them… why not start…
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Candle or Fire
“Do not give them a candle to light the way, teach them how to make fire instead. That is the meaning of enlightenment.” ― Kamand Kojouri It’s a fine line- balancing between helping your partners achieve a goal, and teaching them the skills (and building the experience) necessary to achieve their goals over and…
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Unlock The Potential Of High Performing Teams with the Three Es
The key to unlocking your team’s full potential? Balancing the 3 Es – Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Engagement. While many organizations focus solely on efficiency, measuring and optimizing for results, this approach can lead to limited long-term value.By inspecting and balancing the 3 Es, leaders can enable cross-functional teams to achieve their full potential indefinitely.Don’t limit…
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The Three Es of High Performing Teams
High performing teams are not just about getting results, they’re also about investing in themselves. Learning about each other, their customers/users, and the work that everyone does to bring shared success. Measuring results and efficiency is easy. Measuring the team’s engagement is harder, but oh-so worth it. Balancing the Three Es – Engagement, Efficiency, and…
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Take a small step toward being a more agile minded leader.
One of the most important contributions that leaders can make in any transformation is to model the types of behaviors that we want teams and team members to adopt! Modeling our target behaviors sends a very clear message that we are invested in not only changing the way we approach work, but also the culture…
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Move Mountains
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4 telltale signs your team feels unsafe – and what to do about it
Empowerment begins with your team feeling psychologically safe. This week’s blog post is specially crafted for leaders, managers, product managers and product owners. Don’t let that slow you down if you have a different fancy job title, of course, but today I’m speaking directly to the leaders of teams! One of my favorite definitions of…