EDITOR’S NOTE: Want to read the RECAP of this week’s events? See Collaboration Mojo Meets Basic Instinct: #TChat Recap
We’ve all seen what polarization does to a country — especially recently, in our own country , the United States of America. Extreme polarization hobbles our ability to improve processes and social ills, to progress as a global business leader, and to just plain get things done.
Collaboration Is Not a Zero-Sum Game
According to our talented guest this week, Jesse Lyn Stoner (@JesseLynStoner ), collaboration is the remedy for leadership and culture polarization.
“Collaboration is not about giving up your individuality. In fact, successful collaboration depends on speaking clearly and honesty about what you stand for. Collaboration is about valuing and mobilizing diversity as a force toward the common good. It is about recognizing and respecting the humanity in each individual, even those who are stuck at a pole.”
This is tough for leaders and individual contributors to do in the heat of polarization, but it’s critical for the world of work to advance, as well as the world itself. This is the very heart of productive communities online and off.
#TChat Weekly Agenda: Focus on Collaboration
This week on TalentCulture’s #TChat Radio and #TChat Twitter , we’re going to discuss the benefits of community collaboration in every incarnation and entity we belong. Here are the questions we’ll cover:
Q1: First, let’s define both collaboration and polarization. What are they?
Q2: Why has polarization across all facets of business and life been on the rise?
Q3: Diversity of thought is a very important part of effective collaboration. Why is that?
Q4: What can business leaders do to encourage more collaboration than polarization?
Q5: Does technology enable more collaboration than polarization? Or both? Why or why not?
This Week’s Guest Expert
The TalentCulture Community is very excited to welcome our radio and Twitter chat guest this week, Jesse Lyn Stoner .
Hear the #TChat Radio recording now Jesse is a consultant, former business executive, and co-author with Ken Blanchard of the international bestseller Full Steam Ahead: Unleash the Power of Vision
For over 25 years, Dr. Stoner has worked closely with hundreds of leaders using collaborative processes to engage their entire workforce to improve business impact. Her clients range from Fortune 500 companies to non-profits worldwide, including Honda, Starbucks, General Electric, Marriott, Edelman Public Relations, and SAP to name a few. Jesse writes an award winning leadership blog and is also published in the Harvard Business Review . You can connect with her on Twitter at and Facebook .
This Week’s Events
#Tune-in to TChat Radio Tuesday March 5 at 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT when Jesse will join myself, Meghan M. Biro (@MeghanMBiro ) and Kevin W. Grossman (@KevinWGrossman ) for a collaborative discussion about collaboration. How exciting is that? Very!
And as always, don’t forget to join us on the Twitter stream for an all-hands #TChat Twitter event, on Wednesday, March 6, from 7-8 pm ET. Jesse Lyn Stoner will again join us, this time as the chat moderator.
In the meantime, we’ll be talking about this topic nonstop on the #TChat Twitter stream and on our new LinkedIn Discussion Group .
So come on over and bring your best ideas about how to make collaboration work in today’s world of work!
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