Building Highly Collaborative Teams Requires Conscious Effort

True collaboration doesn’t happen by accident, and there’s a reason you don’t have the perfect dynamic right now.

Not only does it require ongoing, deliberate effort to cultivate necessary skills and mindsets…

But sometimes you don’t know what needs to change without a trustworthy third party perspective and the support to take the necessary steps toward change. 

First, you commit to openly discuss needs.

You show up to handle disagreements with curiosity, bravery, honesty, and empathy. 

Being proactive may seem bold, but it’s precisely this effort that elevates performance. 

We refer to this approach as conscious collaboration.

Teams excel when they achieve both relational health and strategic coherence.

Relational Health: Reaching and sustaining high performance levels requires relational mastery. Relational mastery involves fostering camaraderie, cultivating emotional intelligence, and promoting a culture of psychological safety. When team members challenge ideas and take risks without fear of judgment, you’ve created a healthy system. Neglecting relational health leads to superficial commitment, isolated thinking, and missed opportunities.

Strategic Alignment: Create a coherent strategy. It’s rare to find a team where every member can clearly articulate the organization’s strategy, its implications, and the resulting priorities. Misalignments and uncertainties cause inefficient decision-making or tension. To align, address various relational, strategic, and tactical issues, often necessitating skilled facilitation.

We support you by:

• Coaching individual team members to improve as collaborators.
• Encouraging the team to mutually support each other’s best efforts.
• Unifying team common strategy.
• Strengthening team cohesion through systemic team coaching.

Let’s discuss how we can elevate your team’s collaboration and performance.