Leading Together To Drive Collaborative edge™
We help leaders and teams build the mindset and behaviours of Curiosity, Care and Courage
where more becomes possible together than alone.
Finding Your Collaborative Edge™
When people feel safe to fully contribute and know that their input matters, confidence and creativity follow, participation, innovation and productivity peak. This is Collaborative Edge™ - unlocking collective performance across teams, departments and organisations.
We created Collaboration Equation™ in response to our experience in organisations around the world: leaders with positive intentions, struggling to build the trust and connection their teams need to thrive through increasing complexity.
We work with a range of global and local corporate, government and charity organisations to help them work better together. Between us, we have over fifty years of experience partnering with leaders and their organisations.
We are known for creating a safe environment for the conversations that matter, and for bringing the walk and talk into our work — taking leaders and teams outside into nature as part of how we coach and facilitate.
Some of the challenges we help with include: developing executive and leadership teams; defining shared purpose, values and behaviours; leading through change; building connection across hybrid teams; and creating cultures of belonging where everyone feels valued.
The Foundation
Three behaviours that make it possible
Collaboration Equation™ was co-created in response to working with leaders across the world - leaders with positive intentions, struggling to build the trust and connection their teams need to thrive through increasing complexity. It starts with three foundational behaviours.
When all three are present, people participate more fully, trust deepens, and results improve. When just one is missing, trust, communication and performance suffer. Our work is to help leaders develop all three - through development, coaching, practice and the conversations that become possible as a result.
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Opens opportunities for learning and possibility. Staying genuinely open to what we might discover - about ourselves, each other and the challenges we face together.
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Considers our impact on others. Being attentive to how people are experiencing a situation, and bringing the kind of thoughtfulness that makes people feel genuinely seen.
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Invites wholeheartedness and committed action. Saying what needs to be said, stepping into the unfamiliar, and choosing to go first when it matters.
THE COLLABORATION EQUATION™
Four practices. One equation.
Building on these foundations, our Collaboration Equation™ skills framework develops leaders and teams who create cultures of human connection, open conversation and collective success. Each practice is distinct. Together, they are the equation.
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Co-creating Psychological Safety gives everyone the confidence to contribute, learn and grow together. It thrives on shared responsibility and is key to cultivating trust and belonging.
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Choosing Inclusive Dialogue recognises the power of words. It calls for intentional language that is relevant and representative of others. This is key to creating positive impact.
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Inviting Diversity of Thought and Feeling requires being open to others. It involves actively asking for and responding to feedback. This is key to challenges and differences being openly shared and explored.
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Finding Collaborative Edge™ magnifies collective commitment. It accelerates innovation and decision-making, and transforms mistakes into shared learning. This is key to driving collective success.
