From the course: Turning Awkwardness into Your Greatest Asset

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Encourage sharing awkwardness

Encourage sharing awkwardness

Also, what do you recommend in terms of the different means by which we put in the reps? Like if this were an exercise program, what are the best exercises that give us great gains and the suggested frequency and dosage of them? So if you work on a team or if you're a leader of a team, I would be so happy if you incorporated some specific and intentional exercises into your team meetings as it relates to this. Again, understand this is not something that happens by accident anymore. We don't have as many bump into each other at the water cooler moments, so we have to create intention. Some of my favorite ways to do this are I'll encourage leaders to have five minutes at the top of the meeting, have a bad idea, brainstorm. Meaning you're encouraging your teams on purpose. I want you to share only unrealistic ideas; realistic ideas, not allowed. And people are thinking, why? Why would I do that? Well, believe it or not, often the most unrealistic ideas somewhere in there is one that's…

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