Focus on collective results to build cohesion and trust

- Are you in your current job … positioned for driving individual or collective action? … How about rewards? … Are you rewarded for driving individual or team results? … Getting teams to collaborate effectively is hard work, … because human beings have a natural tendency … to put themselves or their group ahead of others. … Collective impact, however, requires a lot of commitment … and dedication from all team members equally. … But it becomes particularly difficult … when individuals aren't recognized … or rewarded for driving collective action. … A collective mindset … is one that focuses on mutual accountability … and result-sharing. … It considers relationships between parts and wholes, … stability and change, rationality and creativity, … rather than the boundaries … that divide groups, ideas, and spaces. … It harnesses diversity by welcoming differences, … treating apparent opposites as interdependent, … drawing evidence by multiple ways of understanding. … As a result, leaders with a collective mindset …