So you’ve grown a team, which means you’ve got yet another hat to wear: Manager of the stuff AND the people. It’s not always glamorous but deadlines and delegation do matter. Progress without collaboration is just plain BORING!!
I’ve seen plenty of teams who get the job done, however they do it separately in their own little universe. And while that may seem to work for some (definitely not sustainable though) it doesn’t really work for those of us who want true collaboration and teamwork.
Just like when I spot too much work in not enough time or stalled progress. . . another common place for inefficiency is separate bubble syndrome. This is when teams work on projects or pieces of the pie in their own little world, without really working with each other. You know like when toddlers play BESIDE each other but not really WITH each other. That’s the kind of work scenario I’m getting at.
I’m really passionate about teamwork. To me, that’s the ONLY way to work, even though we as super boss ladies are fully capable to run the show ourselves it takes a village to make the dream work.
No matter what your team runs on (Asana, Monday, Trello, etc), if you can’t take a sweeping view across the tasks and if your team can’t see how their slice of the pie fits into the larger vision (or works with the whipped cream and cherries on top) then your team collaboration needs some retooling.
Here’s what can happen: Your copywriter writes a blog two weeks in advance. It sits there until your social guru plugs aways with custom quotes and sends them over to your VA (or creates them in Canva herself). You sit to write a newsletter and have to go find the post to make sure you’ve properly written that paragraph.
Technically you are each getting it done, YET that whole process could have been reworked and several days shaved off the process from beginning to end.
Try this on for size: Your copywriter writes a blog two weeks in advance. Pulls 4-6 quotes for the social guru and tags her in your system. Your social guru decides, sends over the content and the graphic gal is super happy to have several to batch at once. The quote cards are attached to the blog post section in your Asana and you know exactly how to phrase or write that quote because you are staring right at it. In fact, your copywriter and your social gal just had an exchange on edits and new ideas for upcoming stuff for the next round of posts.
All that is done collaboratively and within the week you’re all set, instead of wasting time waiting on so-and-so to finish so you can do your tasks. Everyone is chipping in bringing their expertise to the table.
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!
This may be my FAVORITE part of the Progress System. Bringing everyone together!
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