What are your team norms or “culture”? Think about how you are conditioned to approach deadlines, risk-taking, truth-telling, and conflict management.
- To what extent are you, as members of a team, comfortable with difference?
- Name some examples of when teammates were able to accept, leverage, or adapt to difference on a project? Was it helpful?
- How often do you ask for one another’s perspectives?
- Look at Julie Diamond’s seven traits of inclusive leadership at the end of chapter 2. Which ones do your team members exhibit most when collaborating?
- What does equity mean to each of you?
- What steps can you take as a team to create a more equitable experience for everyone?
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