Inspiration As a Resource
To aspire to a better future, an individual, a team, an organization, or society needs inspiration. Inspiration supports:
- An individual’s contribution to a team
- A team’s contribution to an organization or initiative
- And an organization’s or initiative’s contribution to its customers/beneficiaries and the world
Since we as Connective Partners can’t be everywhere, we have gathered numerous inspiring seeds for you. Pick the most beneficial one for your situation now, find a fertile spot, plant it and let it grow. We would love to hear how it turns out.
Inspiring Leadership
Your challenge as a leader is to find a good balance between providing structure and leaving room for autonomy. Structure helps teams to get the job done effectively. Autonomy helps teams to adapt their approach when circumstances change or structure gets in the way of achieving the goal. We help you and your management team(s) find and hold that balance.
An Inspiring Environment
As a leader, you shape the environment in which teams realize results. Science has shown that the environment determines over 80% of people’s behavior. We help you implement the environmental characteristics that foster astonishing team results.
Inspiring Healthy Habits
Our brains are wired to conserve energy. Consciously planning and executing our every move takes a lot of brain energy. That is why we create habits (unconscious patterns of doing things). If you experience resistance to change, it is more likely that people are exhausted than unwilling. We help you as a leader to find and foster proven habits that support a healthy work environment.
Our Leadership Approach In a Novel
Did you ever wonder why some teams thrive on impediments and others wait helplessly for management to find solutions? The language of leaders plays a vital role in developing self-organizing teams and avoiding taught helplessness.
In this business novel, we show how Marianne – a driven business unit manager – wants to energize her teams. With the help of her coach Lydia, she starts seeing the patterns that frustrate teamwork and learns simple positive communication styles to increase team ownership of the way of working. Using simple exercises and visual techniques, step by step, she tackles the obstacles on her path.
Only read this book if you are prepared to challenge your mental models of leading teams and organizations.
Our Teaming Approach
Do you want to get more out of the collaboration in your team(s)? Do you want to bring your team(s) into new initiatives virtually as confidently as live? Do you want to cultivate the art of “sitting on your hands” effectively? Do you want to make more of a difference in your organization? Then this book on team learning is going to help you move forward.
In this book, the authors share their passion for creating an environment where people’s talents flourish. The key to success lies in answers that come from the team itself. This is the core of team learning. With a practical 5-step plan and 20 techniques for improving teamwork, you’ll set your team in motion. The team becomes more self-reliant and more actively tackles the obstacles in its way.
Read this book only if you are willing to critically examine your mental models around leading teams and organizations.