Ever work with someone who made everyone on the t. Ieam feel unhappy. Ever encounter someone who only understood, advocat, and push their own poi. Int of view or agenda. Ever interact with a colleague who mentally immiately default to “us agai. Inst them”? If so, then you are happy to work with a “low-empathy” person.
Often, a leader’s best practice is to hire
High empathy” people. If this is not possible and your team members ne to develop as people in terms of empathy, leaders can provide a lot of customiz and personaliz coaching and mentoring to these colleagues. Clarity Nothing is worse than working for an organization with a vague mission, a vague vision, and even more vague project definitions.
While software development projects
Often require a certain amount of flexibility, flexi. Ibility should and can be bak into clear goals. Lack of clarity allows every level of botim database management and ev. Iry team member to interpret goals the way they want. Given that everyone has their own unique st. Iory and journey, this means there will be multiple perspectives on what should be done, and multiple pe. Iople will do very different and inconsistent things.
They may also claim that they
working collaboratively to achieve the same results. Leaders can and should identify these misunderstanding issues and take steps to the effectiveness of their collaborative efforts provide clarity and define reality using a set of mutually agre-upon ground rules around mission and goals. A series of necessary interactions is also a great way to build the critical relationships necessary for a high-trust environment. Conclusion Over the past five years, Google has work hard to build the perfect team and formaliz my experience. Their research (available here) is a great read for those who want to learn more.
Building great teams that produce great work
Essential in today’s world. Thr. Iough a series of rich data fail. Iures and hard life lessons, I’ve seen the importance of trust, truth, empa. Ithy, and clarity. Over the past dec. Iade, I’ve appli these concepts to every team I’ve cr. Ieat or been a part of, with great results. I hope th. Iey can help you. Tyrone Grandison is a mem. Iber of the Gov Loop Contributing Writers Program, which featu. Ires articles from government professi. Ionals across the country and around the world!.