Team collaboration › Common situations
Differences are pulling the team apart
Different styles, cultures and generations, read as attitude when they could be a strength. The team isn't short of talent. It's short of understanding.
What's often going on
- People fill the gaps with assumptions about each other. That's Assumed, Not Asked.
- Ideas from some corners get less of a hearing than others.
- The same words mean different things to different people.
What helps
- A shared picture of how each person works, with nobody labelled
- Turning the differences into a way of splitting the work
- Agreeing how the team will check what someone meant, not what it sounded like
For this one, we'd usually start with the Multigenerational Team or Cultural Intelligence Pulse Check, depending on what's behind it, then a 30-minute chat about what it shows.
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Is this about generations?
Sometimes. Just as often it's style, culture or role. The pulse check helps tell which.
Do you label people?
No. Everyone sees their own picture, and nobody gets put in a box.
Other situations we've worked with:
My team won't speak upDecisions keep getting reopenedI've inherited a teamWe've got our engagement survey results. Now what?A change is on its wayAI is arriving faster than our habitsA new or restructured teamThe hard conversations aren't happeningOur leadership team isn't pulling togetherWe want stronger safety leadership
My team won't speak upDecisions keep getting reopenedI've inherited a teamWe've got our engagement survey results. Now what?A change is on its wayAI is arriving faster than our habitsA new or restructured teamThe hard conversations aren't happeningOur leadership team isn't pulling togetherWe want stronger safety leadership