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Define synergy in your own words1/18/2024 The key is to know your strengths and champion the strengths of every person on the team. ![]() No one person can do it all and those that try need to read #3 again. Great leaders and great teams know their strengths and weaknesses. I’m sure you have heard the statement, “You are as strong as your weakest link.” This is so true, especially when working as a team. Untapped Creativity, Capacity, Competencies. To remedy this synergy killer, I ask that the leader or employees adopt a rule… “Are the right people in the room to make the right decisions?” If not, stop the meeting and get them in the room. Uninvited Collaboration! No one likes to feel “left out” when part of a team. Pride sneaks in when a leader or employee feels they can do it better than anyone else and truly isn’t open to receiving ideas and input from others. The most common thing that I have found that fuels control is… pride. Control typically is a symptom of a greater issue. When I work with leaders who have serious control issues that are impacting synergy, I try to get to the underlying issues. However, how they go about gaining and displaying this control will build or break synergy. Unhealthy Control! I totally get that, at the end of the day, all leaders have to have a sense of control of their organization. Typically, this type of behavior reveals a much deeper issue within the heart of the employee. Some people just find it comforting to pick things apart and project their unhelpful thoughts onto others. Undermining Cynicism! While most employees talk behind their boss’s back, synergy stops when cynical and critical employees can’t find peace in being subordinate to their leader(s). Conflict is easy to spot in teams by just reading body language. I tell teams… “Conflict is inevitable but misery is optional.” Unresolved Conflict! I have never found someone who wakes up in the morning needing “conflict” in their life. However, whenever there are people involved, conflict between team members will occur and must be dealt with in a timely and tactical manner. ![]() So this raises the question… “What impacts synergy?” Here are 5 things that sabotage organizational synergy that I have found common over the years. I define “synergy” as…when the interaction of parts produces greater results than the sum of individual actions. I typically say… “I don’t want to help you develop a plan until I know the people behind the plan are healthy, whole, and humble.” I then go on to explain that the main reason strategies never reach their full potential, is that there is oftentimes a lack of synergy at the leadership table. However, before I get on a plane and commit significant time and energy to helping them, I always ask… “Are you willing to be 100 percent honest with me?” This question usually causes a long pause on the phone, which is typically answered by… “Of course” or “What do you mean?” I typically get called in when the charity or church wants to develop a “growth plan” to take its organization to the next level. I have had the honor of working with many non-profit organizations over the last 20 years of my life.
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