Letโs say youโre leading a meeting with your department heads. You open with a strategic challenge:
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ?
Depending on whether youโre leading a group or a team, the conversationโand the resultsโwill play out differently.
In a group:
โก๏ธ One person might dominate, while others check their email.
โก๏ธ Ideas surface, but no one builds on whatโs been said.
โก๏ธ By the end, youโve got suggestions, but who will do what and by when?
In a team:
โจ Product marketing shares an idea sparking a collaboration with sales. Across the team, your functional leaders co-create solutions that work because they understand each otherโs resources and strengths.
โจ Members challenge each other constructively, and they offer help where they can.
โจ Everyone is clear, aligned, and committed to the next actions to achieve a shared promise.
The difference? A group gathers. A team collaborates and makes commitments to accomplish something bigger than they could do on their own!
Teams fuel innovative thinking, bring in diverse perspectives, and generate bigger results.
Whatโs one thing you can do this week to move beyond managing a group to guiding a team?