Each of Your team members is Unique — Unlock their unique superpowers! Here’s How.

We’ve talked about how to be human yourself and show genuine care to your team members. We’ve discussed allowing for the humanity of all the individuals on your teams. Now, let’s cover how recognizing, understanding, celebrating, and empowering the uniqueness of each of your team members makes you a stronger team. And we’re doing it all through the powerful tool of the One-on-One!

What you learn in your One-on-Ones can really fuel the way you set your team up for success. Let’s dive in with:

• Trust, and
• Self Care for the Long Game

And this is where I will put in my one really direct plug for Harvard Business Review, because this is backed by science, but I promise you almost every organization’s performance review, job description, published role expectations will be counter to anything that follows in this section.
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Trust Yourself and Trust Your Team

When you get to know every individual on your team, this allows you as the leader to create a team based on strengths, the strengths of every member, as they are able to shine in their best areas and stand in each others’ gaps. The great news is, we’re all different! And capitalizing on forming a diverse team with varying racial…