As leaders, we are always looking for ways to improve team dynamics, and I encourage you to consider exploring the Enneagram. It might be the tool you need!

The Enneagram framework is a sensemaking tool that classifies human personality into nine basic types. These types describe how individuals see the world and what motivates them.

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.