Someone Shook the Snow Globe!
In my last newsletter (link below), I shared a story about Jason transforming his life to belong in his new world. I think it resonates with so many of us who have seen our work team change, and transform, and shift, and collapse, and regroup, and struggle to keep this shitshow together.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Have you ever felt like you were part of a top-performing team, working under intense pressure and in a fast-moving world? Yet the team delivered, met expectations, and had a reputation for results. Then suddenly everything shifted, collapsed and regrouped, but it never felt the same again?
IT’S A DOG’S LIFE
A few years ago, way up inside the Arctic Circle, I was fortunate enough to be watching how a husky team performed, (…dragging me around the mountain). I was struck by how unsettled the team was (apparently there were a couple of new dogs in the team creating chaos), yet they still pulled through together. There was a lot of energy wasted on trying to calm the team dynamics and reactivity, but they made it.
Our work life can feel a bit like that. What we do may not have changed, but how we do it really has. And how we function as a team has seen great upheaval with new people coming in, many leaving to other roles, leadership changes, hybrid working environments, and any number of unique but dynamic shifts in our worlds. Someone shook the snow globe!
WE’RE ALL DIFFERENT
Of course, we all try to find our feet differently. Like pieces in a giant mobile, move one part, and all the other parts are affected.
It is important to think about why the dynamics in a team experiencing overwhelm can be challenging. There are at least twelve different areas of the brain involved in motivating and accepting change, transformation, and stress. And everyone experiences it differently. That is a lot of moving parts to control.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
How is your team doing these days? Have you got a couple of new huskies? Is someone or something shaking your snow globe?
The answer to how the best get better lies in trust, feeling safe and belonging. I will be exploring that in the coming newsletters (and my new book).