S2 E86: How Collaboration leads to a win-win for leaders and teams

For Love of Team™ | Winston Faircloth

“Here's the deadline and this is how I want you to do it. And if you don't do it the way I want, you may have to do it over and over until it’s right.”
As a team member, there's nothing more demotivating than this. A+ talent will not hang around to find out what the next job is and the step by step ‘how’ you want it done.

In today's podcast episode we explore leadership methods, and how one can lead to a spiral of unenjoyment and damaged working relationships, while the other can set you and your team up for continued success.

Delegation is a kind of a top-down experience: we're giving people the leftovers---telling them how work is to be done, often in an area where we’re not our best. Whereas, collaboration creates a win-win situation that allows our teammates to thrive using the gifts where they are most talented.

How can we create this kind of collaboration within our teams and kick the word delegation to the curb? It's a four-step process.

1. Clarify what the desired result of this role or project or assignment looks like.
2. Follow this up with why this role makes a difference.
3. List the consequences of not taking action and the benefits of taking action now.
4. Pick a future point,(whether it's three months, six months, or twelve months away) and then list out four to six success criteria for this role or position to complete in this time.

Now notice, the word ‘how’ is not used in any of these descriptions? We leave the ‘how’ to the team member we’ve hand-selected because this IS their area of expertise.

Want to learn more? Listen to our full episode linked here!

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