Unlocking the Power of Collaboration: Psychological Safety, Inclusive Dialogue & Leadership Trust

ABOUT THIS EPISODECo-Founders Anni Townend and Lucy Kidd in conversation with Natalie Shering for a special episode of Leaders in Conversation with Anni Townend podcast. Here they explore why Curiosity, Care and Courage are the mindsets and behaviours that underpin their Collaboration Equation™ to:Build Psychological SafetyPractice Inclusive DialogueInvite Diversity of Thought & Feeling andDrive Collaborative EdgePsychological SafetyTogether they share how they met some 18 years ago and realised very early on in their working relationship that starting with and building psychological safety underpins creating cultures of care and connection in which people enjoy connecting, contributing and collaborating.Curiosity, Care and CourageThey discuss how they partner with senior leaders and their teams helping them to bring the mindset and behaviours of Curiosity, Care and Courage to develop people and drive performance and how these underpin each of the building blocks of their Collaboration  Equation™.Meeting People where they are at, and moving from ‘me to we’They specialise in meeting people where they are at, on having people well met, and supporting them in leading and driving Collaborative Edge through Inclusive Dialogue, Diversity of Thought and Feeling. And why for them inclusivity comes before diversity, the importance of Inclusive Dialogue, and how language can have a huge impact on how people think, feel and behave.Open Conversations to get to Collaborative EdgeTheir approach is one of helping leaders do their best thinking together, to think differently, to have open conversations in which people feel confident and safe, enjoy Inclusive Dialogue, and can bring Diversity of Thought and Feeling in order to get to Collaborative Edge. The conversations are always in service of enabling performance and driving results through people working together.CONNECT WITH USCollaboration Workshops, We are all Culture Creators:How to Find Your Collaborative Edge workshops.Fortnightly Coaching Conversations Series:A series of questions to prompt conversations that will help you to lead with Curiosity, Care and Courage. Subscribe here.WHO WE ARELucy Kidd is a leadership team and culture coach, and describes how culture is the wrapping that feeds change and, or stifles it. Lucy’s passion is to help people find meaning and connection in their lives and work.Anni Townend is a leadership partner to senior leaders and their teams. Anni’s passion is to help leaders create a culture in which people feel safe and able to have open conversations and do their best work. Anni is the author of Assertiveness and Diversity, published in 2007.Natalie Shering is a leadership coach specialising in creative leadership and using nature in leadership. She is a collaborator with Collaboration Equation™.