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How often have you or heard others claim to be an ‘active listener’?

Albert Einstein once said: “A problem well defined finds its own solution.”

I recently facilitated an executive team workshop where the issue of unproductive meetings resurfaced.

When tension rises in a leadership team, most team members read it as a sign something has gone wrong. A relationship is strained. A meeting has gone off the rails. There’s a problem to be fixed.

Effort is our greatest differentiator. Not talent. Not expertise. Not experience. Effort. Capability is something we have. Effort is something we choose.

I was recently speaking to a group of CEOs and was asked a question every executive team needs to ask: “How do we manage each other’s strengths and weaknesses to get the best out of the leadership team, especially when some leaders do not acknowledge their weaknesses?”