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THOUGHT SPARKS
Forhumanstocreatehigh-performingteams,traditionalassumptionsarethatittakesalong timeandgoesthroughapredictableprocess(forming,storming,normingandperforming).But inmanyoftoday’smostvitalactivities,timeisshort,normsneedtobecreatedinstantlyand
peopleworkingtogethermaynotspendmuchtimeInRealLife.
TheHumanFutureofWork conference
TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUE, HITENDRA WADHWA, AND SPONSORED BY THE TEAM AT EMERITUS, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A DAY WITH OVER FIFTY LEADING HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTITIONERS AND OTHER EXPERTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, REPRESENTING HUGELY INFLUENTIAL AND IMPRESSIVE COMPANIES. THE GATHERING WAS HELD AT THE MCKINSEY EXPERIENCE CENTER, RIGHT DOWNTOWN, AND FORMED THE BACKDROP FOR MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW, AND DON’T KNOW, ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORK. THE CONFERENCE WAS CALLED THE “HUMAN FUTURE OF WORK.”
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KEITH, AN OLD FRIEND AND EXPERT NETWORKER, FLEW ALL THE WAY TO THE CONFERENCE FROM THE WEST COAST TO SHARE SOME OF HIS LATEST THINKING, REFLECTED IN HIS NEW BOOK, ABOUT A CONCEPT HE CALLS “TEAMSHIP.” THIS IS THE IDEA THAT WHILE LEADERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL, CREATING TEAMS THAT CAN GEL AND WORK TOGETHER IS ALSO CRUCIAL. THAT’S NOT A NEW IDEA.
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KEITH ALSO SHARED WITH US SOME DATA HIS FIRM, FERRAZZI GREENLIGHT, HAS BEEN COLLECTING ABOUT A CONCEPT HE CALLS “RELATIONAL BONDING.” ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 5, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THE AVERAGE RELATIONAL BONDING SCORE FOR THE TEAMS THEY STUDIED WAS 2.8. THE CALCULATION IS DONE BY ASKING PARTICIPANTS TO RATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH “MY TEAM HAS MY BACK.” THAT’S NOT ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING, BUT IT SURE ISN’T GREAT. DURING THE PANDEMIC, HOWEVER, THE SCORE DROPPED TO 2.3.
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AT VALIZE, WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM EFFECTIVENESS ASSESSMENT WHICH YOU CAN USE TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE YOUR TEAMWORK MIGHT BE BREAKING DOWN. IS IT THE WRONG PEOPLE IN THE WRONG ROLES? LACK OF COMMITMENT? POOR INFORMATION SHARING? LACK OF TRUST? ABSENSE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY? YOU CAN LEARN AN ASTONISHING AMOUNT BY ANSWERING JUST 20 QUESTIONS. MORE ON THAT DIAGNOSTIC HERE.
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