All in Leadership

Conventional wisdom would say that the outliers from the dominant culture — the multicultural workers, the more junior people, or perhaps the young, entry-level team members — should work to get their styles, values and communication in sync with their managers and feel empowered enough to close the power gap. However, conventional wisdom might not be right and may not always work.

In business, there is an old adage, “You get what you measure.” But the big question is, will you get what you want? Too many innovation-measurement systems are designed in a way that inadvertently creates undesirable behaviors. They measure the wrong things, resulting in poor results.

Collaborative Intelligence

Not everyone has a natural aptitude or appetite for collaborative problem solving. Though effective collaboration requires a skill that can be learned and improved, some people are naturally better at collaboration than others.

If you choose to never give up, you have a much better chance to succeed. You may still have to make corrections in your course, but as long as you refuse to give up, your goals will be within reach.