This week a video was going viral in the French community, talking about the study at Carnegie Mellon and MIT on Collective Intelligence. You can find the English video of the Carnegie Mellon researcher as a BONUS at the end of this article.
The mentioned study was able to measure the intelligence of a group and identify the differentiating factor: the presence of women. The more women in a group, the higher the collective intelligence.
The individual IQ was a poor predictor how the group would fare. However, if more than half of the group are women, the team is performing better.
Why?
The study showed that women on average possess higher levels of listening skills, collaboration and social perceptiveness which have a big impact on the dynamic of the group. Interestingly, the findings weren’t limited to face-to-face meetings but also applicable when team members met online.
These findings link back to this week's Timeo Skills Circle event with Jean-François Cousin on “The DNA of Leadership shared by the most admired companies”. Jean-François showed how companies such as Google, Netflix and Apple share one important approach: the emphasis on Collaborative Leadership by embracing a Culture of Coaching. In today’s VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world, a new kind of leadership is needed to succeed by enabling employees and nurture the collective intelligence.
Inspired by this, I compiled for you articles on Coaching, Collaboration and Communication.
Set the conditions for anyone on your team to be creative
The secret to unlocking creativity is not to look for more creative people, but to unlock more creativity from the people who already work for you. The same body of creativity research that finds no distinct “creative personality” is incredibly consistent about what leads to creative work, and they are all things you can implement within your team. Read here what you need to do.
Why Your Ability to Achieve Dialogue Will Make or Break Your Results
When we think of leadership qualities, we rattle off platitudes like inspiring, dynamic, visionary, etc. While these characteristics are key building blocks of leadership, our latest research spotlights one common leadership aptitude that doubles as many leaders’ Achilles Heel—communication. And, we’re not talking merely about words and messages. Rather, we’re talking about a leader’s ability to achieve dialogue under pressure—to be calm, collected, candid, curious, direct, and willing to listen in crucial moments of impact.
How to collaborate with people you don’t like
A few months ago, a former client — let’s call her Kacie— called me to check in. I had supported her through her transition when she had joined a prestigious global financial services firm several months prior. Kacie confessed that she had a simple but serious problem: she wasn’t getting along well with a peer-level executive — let’s call her Marta. Kacie told me that it was becoming painfully clear that her inability to get along with Marta was going to impede her success, and possibly derail her career at the company. This article shares ideas and insights that almost anyone can use when they have to work with someone they just don’t like.
10 Leadership Strategies To Discourage 'Groupthink' On Your Team
"Groupthink" is a common corporate scenario in which multiple people feed off each other and ultimately come up with the same types of ideas. While collaboration and cooperation are good, your team will never innovate and grow if they never explore different ways of thinking and solving problems. It's easy to fall into groupthinking patterns, especially when you're focused on building a cohesive company culture. It's important to recognize the signs of complacent group agreement and proactively work to reverse the ride.
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As busy professionals, our schedules are often filled to the brim with meetings and tasks to complete. We can get so caught up with work that we might even forget our all-important lunch and power through dinner as well. Alas, we can only do so much given the 24 hours we have in a day. While time management is vital, being productive is another matter in its entirety.Enter time batching.
