Episode Synopsis "002 Why "Lessons from Mars?""

My work at Mars, Incorporated had a profound effect on how I think about and work with teams. Understanding the role that this privately held, quirky company had on my thinking and practice is worth understanding.

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• 027 Summary and Final Reflections
• 026 Tackling Trust
• 025 Adapting the Framework to YOUR organization
• 024 Practices 5 and 6 - Activate ways of Working and Sustain & Renew
• 023 Practice 4 - Cultivate Collaboration
• 022 Practices 2 and 3 - Inspire Purpose and Crystallize Intent
• 021 Practice 1 - Clarify Context
• 020 The Practices of High Performance Collaboration
• 019 Discipline - The Third Imperative
• 018 Intentionality - The Second and Central Imperative
• 017 Clarity - the first Imperative
• 016 The Three Imperatives of effective collaboration
• 015 There is no such thing as a real team
• 014 What are the "Levels of Collaboration?"
• 013 The truth about team dysfunction
• 012 Learning - the only sustainable form of team spirit
• 011 The problem with stages of team development
• 010 Trust matters, but not in the way you think
• 009 To collaborate better, collaborate less
• 008 Not all types of collaboration are equal
• 007 Shared work, not shared goals, drive collaboration
• 006 Individual motivation: the key to collaboration
• 005 Strong collaboration is intentional collaboration
• 004 Stopping teamwork happy talk
• 003 Conventional teambuilding isn't working
• 002 Why "Lessons from Mars?"
• 001 Why I do What I do