Here is one of the biggest obstacles for leaders trying to build shared ownership on their teams for greater engagement and collective intelligence.

For an offsite to be successful, point B must be defined wisely, and point A accurately determined.

We can become better leaders and collaborators by augmenting our negotiation skills through building trust, communicating proactively, and expressing ourselves confidently.

Designing your meetings makes them more successful and more concise. Use these three concepts to design your meetings today.

Teams come together for various operational reasons. Knowing why you bring your team together will help clarify its purpose and motivate members to bring their best.

Team issues can feel like wrestling a big hairy monster with a blindfold on. It can feel emotionally messy, tactically murky, and multi-faceted beyond that. There can be a lot of noise.

Righting this ship, to mix metaphors, will take time.

Vulnerability we demonstrate when we allow others to know us more deeply brings both exposure and understanding.

We weren't just attending "another meeting" out of obligation, but instead, we made a conscious choice to be invested with a clear, mutual, and relevant purpose.

However, if the goal is to build alignment, ultimately, the team will want to get itself to a point where it can execute the skill of dialogue well.

How can a leader know if they are creating a psychologically safe environment? That is an environment where members of your team can say what needs to be said to you or to the team as a whole.