32. Teams have:
● Individuals
● Relationships between individuals
● The perception of those relationships by other team
members
Great teams need:
● Psychological safety
● Everyone to have a say
Teams are complicated!
93. Power in Meetings
Hard power Obedience
Soft power Overconfidence
Individual abdication of
power
Insecurity
Contextual abdication of
power
Conformity
94. Now with some context:
Let me explain what I learnt about
myself.
110. Before the meeting
You have a focus
You have a place
You have a time
All the time
Known meeting
111. Facilitate the meeting (before)
Ensure agenda is sent ahead of time
Structure the meeting
112. Work with people before hand
For the less outspoken
ensure they know why they are
invited
For alphas let themselves expel
energy now as opposed to in the
meeting
113. Check your imposter syndrome
Compare yourself fairly
You deserve the role you have
You deserve self respect
114. Do what you need to be confident
Power poses before meetings
Meditation /Mindfulness
Visualize
115. Write what you want to say
beforehand
Give yourself space
Give yourself time
Give yourself permission
116. In a Meeting - Everyone gets a say
When you don’t
participate enough
or
When the team
doesn’t participate
enough
All the time
Known meeting
117. Facilitate your meetings (during)
Ensure structure
Echo , Paraphrase
Bring in the reluctant voices
118. Agree when someone says your
point before you
Amplification
Make yourself part of the
conversation
119. Get your position out early
People who talk early have more
influence
Before the alpha takes control
Before the alphas make it about them
128. Let yourself recharge
When you give your opinion , you
then need to “recharge”
Before you talk again wait for:
● 30 secs of silence; or
● Someone else to give their opinion
130. Before any meeting
● Build rapport
● Master your self talk
● Culture of ideas
● Agree how your team make
decisions
● Group Norms
All the time
131. Before any meeting
● Facilitate the meeting
(before)
● Work with people before
hand
● Check your imposter
syndrome
● Do what you need to be
confident
● Write what you want to say
beforehand
All the
time
All the time
Known
meeting
132. In a Meeting - Having your say
All the time
Known meeting
● Facilitate your meetings
(during)
● A ‘Round’ before discussion
● Agree when someone says
your point before you
● Get your position out early
● Don’t “Vague” it up
● Practice your script
133. In a Meeting - Letting others have
their say
All the time
Known meeting
● Treat new ideas as
experiments
● Have more than one option
● Nominate someone as
devil's advocate
● Include when challenged
● Let yourself recharge
152. ● If you talk too much - talk less, talk last.
● If you tell people what to do - ask more
questions.
● If you never speak, the team needs you
to speak up.
157. References
Facilitator’s guide to participatory
decision-making - Sam Kaner
Teamwork is an Individual skill -
Christopher M Avery
Group Dynamics for Teams - Daniel Levi
Crucial Conversations - Patterson ,
Grenny , McMillan ,Switzler
Thanks to
Kirsty , Sol , Dom ,Erin ,Nuz and Paula
Felicity , Iseult , Helen , Tanya, Lee and
Peter
And as always My Girl
158. References
Various resources about gender and meeting
http://time.com/money/4450406/men-interrupt-talk-more/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/13/white-house-women-are-now-in-the-room-wh
ere-it-happens/
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are?language=en
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/1008/How-women-lead-differently
psychological safety and google
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.ht
m
Power
https://hbr.org/2016/10/dont-let-power-corrupt-you
Self Talk
https://melissaambrosini.com/wealth/7-things-you-must-stop-letting-your-mean-girl-tell-you/
Imposter syndrome
http://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2014/04/03/impostor-syndrome
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159. Other Info
Link to slides
http://www.slideshare.net/caoiltedunne/power-in-agile-t
eams
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