Moving from clutter to team alignment

Collaboration

Moving from clutter to team alignment

The 3 stages of a team project in disorder are:

1. Chaos Launch without clear roles and objectives
2. Control : Some leaders emerge by default
3. Collaboration Consent to collaborate, but sometimes to the detriment of tensions and collateral victims

Replace steps 1 & 2 with an alignment step.

1. Alignment :
   • Getting to know each other
   • Identify individual strengths and interests
   • Establishing a shared vision
   • Making a plan
   • Define success indicators
2. Collaboration : Healthier collaboration

Inspired by Lotte Darsø

Leadership

Increased leadership responsibility in the alignment phase

"The role of the leader is not to motivate, but to create an environment and context conducive to collaboration."

Teamwork

A feeling of closeness, even from a distance

The lack of proximity between employees can be a real barrier to collaboration. How do you manage this with your team? As someone who works in Europe, here are our team rituals:

1. Give each other regular updates in our communication channel
2. Weekly one-to-one meetings to be accountable for our projects
3. Celebrating success at our weekly team meetings
4. Quarterly strategic team reflection (next one in December)