7. Don’t allow toxic tensions:
Tensions are part of human relationships. Addressed wisely, they can improve your team performance.
Repetitive behavior patterns -like criticism or complaining- should not be allowed. When a team member is expressing the same tension, it’s a signal that a particular individual is a tension.
Toxic behaviors happen when managers don’t do anything to stop them.
Managing tensions is not easy.
When you stretch a rubber band, you input potential (stored) energy into it. The farther you pull a rubber band back, the further it will fly.
But, if you apply too much tension, the rubber band will break.
Flexibility and adaptability determine a team’s strengths. They help find the right tension, without getting backfired first.
Interested in improving your team flexibility and adaptability?
Check our upcoming workshop: https://liberationist.org/programs/reboot-team-workshop /
Before You Go
Change happens one stretch at a time. Like reframing tensions as fuel for team performance.
That’s one of the topics we’ll address at our workshop. Check it out: “Reboot your Team: How to Overcome Being Stuck.”
Other resources to improve your change-fitness:
Read my book “Stretch for Change”
Check our change leadership programs
Author: Gustavo Razzetti
I help leaders ignite and accelerate a culture of change. Author “Stretch for Change”
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