Hiring an internal bench of talented individuals doesn’t automatically translate into having a cohesive, high-performing team. In fact, strong personalities and individual goals can sometimes clash rather than complement each other.
Leaders must foster collaboration and trust by aligning employee ambitions with collective outcomes to turn a group of highly skilled people into a results-driven team.
Click here to gain insights and read tips from Forbes Coaches Council members as they explore how to help strong individual contributors work symbiotically and transform into a high-performing team that thrives together.
Our CEO Lisa Christen‘s tip was featured:
Engineer Collaboration Through Shared Ownership
Leaders can’t just preach collaboration—they have to engineer it. Assign two high performers to co-present a client pitch. Ask three experts to co-author the same proposal. Rotate who opens and who closes meetings. Shared ownership of deliverables forces them to practice building on each other instead of competing for airtime. Reward and celebrate shared success to reinforce that we only win together.
Lisa Christen, CEO, Christen Coaching & Consulting