Organize groups around common experiences to share best practices—a team of sales executives, or a team of marketing executives. Pay attention to group dynamics; don’t let any one person, including the boss, dominate. Select team members for diversity of viewpoint—it is in the clash of ideas that new insights are formed.Ask all the members of the team to describe processes they use that are having a positive impact or are creating new business success. They should talk about how they can transfer this knowledge to others and how it can be applied across the organization (if it can).
As a leader, you have a tremendous opportunity to promote mutuality and to counter territoriality and silo thinking, by encouraging everyone to grow along with you. As everyone—including the boss—receives regular feedback on their ideas, on their performance and on their behavior, your organizational IQ (and organizational profitability) grows exponentially. It’s a win-win, which is what WE-centric leadership is all about.To begin at the beginning is always a good place to start. Let's begin with a shocking statement by a senior government member of the Electronic Crimes Task Force, "Many businesses should never have deployed a wireless network."
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