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Smarter teams when everyone has their say

Ask for everyone’s opinions during the next team meeting. You can, for example, suggest a round where you ask each team member to share their views on a proposal. 
When you are part of a team, you can suggest this exercise to the team.
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Why is it good to do the exercise?

Is the best group the one with the smartest people? Maybe not. In a study led by Anita Williams Woolley, who studies behavior in organizations, 699 individuals were observed in groups of two to five people. It turned out that average intelligence did not have so much to do with actual performance; instead, it was social sensitivity among group members that was the determining factor. Does everyone get their chance to speak? Who is criticizing whom? Who is supporting whom? Simply distributing the conversation space more evenly can make the team smarter. 

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The best decision

Identify a time when you made a decision together that turned out well. Discuss what made it successful. Go around the room and have each person highlight the decision from their perspective.
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Compete your way to an efficient meeting

Start the meeting by listing behaviours that hinder an efficient discussion. Label them Tud. Also list behaviours that help you have a productive meeting. Call them Hab. Now you’re competing against yourselves: can you rack up more Hab than Tud during the meeting? And what will your reward be?
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