highly sensitive power

I’m always jonesing for creative collaboration, and the more I get, the more I want. There’s magic when teamwork morphs into incredible synergy.

Part of the attraction is my own nature (after all, my Style Statement is Timeless Connection), but another big part has to do with the direction our collective consciousness seems to be heading these days – toward global viewpoints and collaboration at all levels.

In addition to getting my fix through working and playing with collaborators on a regular basis, I’ve been reading about the topic. Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration, by Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman, offers these 15 top lessons about Great Groups:

1. Greatness starts with superb people.
2. Great Groups and great leaders create each other.
3. Every Great Group has a strong leader.
4. The leaders of Great Groups love talent and know where to find it.
5. Great Groups are full of talented people who can work together.
6. Great Groups think they are on a mission from God.
7. Every Great Group is an island – but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
8. Great Groups see themselves as winning underdogs.
9. Great Groups always have an enemy.
10. People in Great Groups have blinders on.
11. Great Groups are optimistic, not realistic.
12. In Great Groups the right person has the right job.
13. The leaders of Great Groups give them what they need and free them from the rest.
14. Great Groups ship.
15. Great work is its own reward.

For more about Organizing Genius, see this Inc. article by the book’s authors: “The Secrets of Creative Collaboration.”

Flickr photo: do your own thing, by notsogoophotography.

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