# 10 Entry_ 20500297 :-)

Building a better team*

What is this artible about?) "Collaborative Intelligence" is what the author talks about. It is the ability to harness the energy and intelligence of groups or teams. IQ, even EQ, is not sufficient to be an effective leader. Collaborative intelligence is what you need to raise more. As technology changes the world, it becomes difficult to achieve high level of collaboration. People care about themselves, not others. However, higher CQ in the workplace enables you to respond to new circumstances and increases adaptability of a company. A team with a high CQ will look like this;

1) It is able to share the stress and strain evenly throughout the team.

2) Achieves its objectives more through people and less through politics.

3) It has a strong network of connection and support between its members. This accelerates learning, enabling the team's reactions to be rapid and responsive to challenges.

4) It looks after its own: Individuals are not left to fend for themselves, and staff retention is high because people feel a strong sense of belonging.

5) It is well connected with other teams and with corporate objectives. Like a healthy organ in the body, it knows what its function is and serves the greater good through rough times and smooth.

6) It replenishes itself, growing its members, and is constantly learning to better adapt to its environment.

7) It displays a strong sense of meaningful participation, which the members are all nourished by.

My thoughts & feelings) Recently, I have had a hard time with my team. We are not productive and no one is willing to try new things. Our relationship is not close and I am even having a hard time sitting in BS class. I regretted that I chose this class. I like what I learn in this class and I still want to do better but the thing that bothers me is teamwork. Professor Lee assigned another presentation work and it gave me another hard time. I just want this semester to be over sooner or later. I can't stand with this anymore. The thing I am worried about is not my grade, but I just do not want to get stressed any longer. There's something to be changed for sure. The reason why I am writing this here in public place is because I want my problem to be the past. I desperately look for the way to change our team. There are only 3 of us, but somehow it's just too difficult to get along with other members and I am even afraid of the work we should work on until the end of this semester.. (sighs) How can we build a better team together? I wondered and this article written by Marshall Goldsmith helped me with that. The thing I had to change was not my environment or other people, but my selfish attitude itself. The way I see my team members and the way I see myself should be changed in order to increase my 'collaborative intelligence'.

* Annotation: Marshall Goldsmith, Building a Better Team, Journal. September 11, 2007.

* URL: http://www.businessweek.com/