Collaboration is HARD.
There are leadership maturity hurdles as well as culture and systemic challenges to overcome.
As leaders, we need to manage the polarity of individual achievement and collective success. In this way we might overcome power struggles for effective collaboration.
The future of leadership relies on collaboration.
Why you should listen: at the source of power struggles are leadership maturity and systems
The tension is a polarity to manage, not a problem to resolve.
We explore the dynamics of polarity management to mitigate power struggles
Benefits of individual achievement and its cultural roots
Benefits of collective success and its collaboration imperative
Avoid the pitfalls of too much of or the other: it’s not an either/or choice but an AND.
Take action
Make sure your KPIs have both individual and collective measures and results.
Establish rituals for acknowledging individual contributions AND collective outcomes.
Make sure your reporting is transparent for both individuals and the collective.
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About Zoë Routh
Zoë Routh is a leadership futurist, podcaster, and multiple award-winning author. She works with leaders and teams to navigate future horizons.
She has worked with individuals and teams internationally and in Australia since 1987. From wild Canadian rivers to the Australian Outback, and the Boardroom jungles, Zoë is an adventurist! She facilitates strategy and culture sessions with audacious teams.
Zoë's fourth leadership book, People Stuff - Beyond Personality Problems: An advanced handbook for leadership, won the Book of the Year at the Australian Business Book Awards in 2020. Her fifth book is a near future science fiction dystopian novel, The Olympus Project.
Zoë is the producer of the Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast, dedicated to asking “What if…?” and sharing Big Ideas on the Future of Leadership.
Zoë is an outdoor adventurist and enjoys telemark skiing, has run six marathons, is a one-time belly-dancer, has survived cancer, and loves hiking in the high country. She is married to a gorgeous Aussie and is a self-confessed dark chocolate addict.