Jul 14, 2024
Collaboration is HARD. There are leadership maturity hurdles as well as culture and systemic challenges to overcome. As leaders, we need to manage the polarity of individual achievement and collective success. In this way we might overcome power struggles for effective collaboration.
The future of leadership relies on collaboration.
Why you should listen: at the source of power struggles are leadership maturity and systems
The tension is a polarity to manage, not a problem to resolve.
We explore the dynamics of polarity management to mitigate power struggles
Benefits of individual achievement and its cultural roots
Benefits of collective success and its collaboration imperative
Avoid the pitfalls of too much of or the other: it’s not an either/or choice but an AND.
Take action
Make sure your KPIs have both individual and collective measures and results.
Establish rituals for acknowledging individual contributions AND collective outcomes.
Make sure your reporting is transparent for both individuals and the collective.
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Key Moments
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:26 AI and Health Coaching - Arianna Huffington and Open AI partner for Thrive A.I. Health
03:44 Personal Updates and Projects: Olympus Rising, Power Games, Grace Under Fire
05:42 Challenges in Collaboration
09:40 Balancing Individual and Collective Success: a polarity to manage
18:10 Read to Lead: Book Recommendation - Rohot Baharva’s Non-Obvious Thinking - How to see what others don’t
20:26 Conclusion and Next Week's Preview
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