Introducing "Food for Thought" #100. The formula is simple: three short messages 2x a month to feed your mind.
Communication
How do you get away from the myth of perfect team harmony?
In many management teams, alignment and consensus are valued. Meetings go well, decisions seem to flow smoothly... we even congratulate ourselves on being "aligned".
But this apparent peace hides another reality. Sensitive subjects remain in the shadows. Things left unsaid accumulate. Trust is slowly eroded. And above all... collective energy wanes.
Because a team that's too harmonious isn't necessarily a healthy team. It's sometimes a team that avoids the most important thing.
Courage
3 ways out
True cohesion is not based on the absence of tension, but on the ability to have the right conversations, even when they're uncomfortable.
1. Choosing courage every day one act of courage a day can go a long way. Say what needs to be said. Name the discomforts.
👉 If not you... who will?
2. Replace consensus with clarity why is consensus important to you? Look for understanding and truth.
👉 Why is consensus important to you?
3. Normalizing difficult conversations : Talking to each other has become so difficult: communicating, exchanging and debating. In the end, all we gain is avoidance, and that hurts performance.
👉 What's the cost of not having this conversation?
Leadership
The role of the leader in all this?
The role of the leader is to create the right space for these conversations.
- A place where real things can be said.
- A place where the truth flows faster than the unspoken.
- A space where tensions can exist... without damaging the relationship.
What you tolerate becomes the norm.
