Embracing Differences
We live in a world that values diversity, but struggles to leverage its potential.
This practice will help you create a point of view around the role of healthy tension on your team. You will design an experiment to help your team self-manage their differences to achieve more creative outcomes.
Getting Started
We want to get to know you.
There are lots of ways to build a relationship. There are four ingredients we pay special attention to at Un-Professional: trust, depth, openness, and clarity. Here are a few tools to help you with each.
The You-Ser Manual is a contract between two people. It creates a conversation of depth and also clarity around communication norms.
Alongside your coach, you’ll open up about your challenges, fears, and hopes for the future.
This is how we define care. View this as a conversation prompt that creates clarity around roles and expectations.
The Future State Selfie is a playful way to get you dreaming. You’ll trust your coach to hear your aspirations without judgement.
Sensemaking often occurs after discussion. This is your chance to make sense of your time with your coach. What’s sticking with you?
1. Warm Up
This journaling exercise will ask you to unpack your experiences and feelings around conflict. What role has conflict played in your life? How is that impacting your leadership style?
In order to celebrate differences on your team, you have to start by naming them. This exercise will ask you draw out anticipated tension points between team members.
Sensemaking often occurs after discussion. This is your chance to make sense of your time with your coach. What’s sticking with you?
2. Work Out
This exercise will ask you to name your values and commitments when it comes to team tension. How can your team begin to embrace tension in order to unleash creativity?
This exercise is the cornerstone of every Un-Learning practice. Decide what bold experiment you want to try in your life and how you plan get support. What’s one brave action you can take today?
Sensemaking often occurs after discussion. This is your chance to make sense of your time with your coach. What’s sticking with you?
3. Cool Down
Just like any good experiment, we’ve got to delve into what you learned, what assumptions were challenged, and what you’ll do next. This exercise will guide your evaluation.
You are just getting started! In order to self-define professionalism in your life, how will you continue to be an Un-learner? This exercise is all about continuous action.
Sensemaking often occurs after discussion. This is your chance to make sense of your time with your coach. What’s sticking with you?