Team norms or “culture”

What are your team norms or “culture”? Think about how you are conditioned to approach deadlines, risk-taking, truth-telling, and conflict management.

  1. To what extent are you, as members of a team, comfortable with difference?
  2. Name some examples of when teammates were able to accept, leverage, or adapt to difference on a project? Was it helpful?
  3. How often do you ask for one another’s perspectives?
  4. 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?
  5. What does equity mean to each of you?
  6. What steps can you take as a team to create a more equitable experience for everyone?

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