Chaos to calm: Team friction S2 E3

Team friction

We all want to work somewhere where we can share ideas, celebrate success and collaborate well across different departments. But, as Jenni points out, this often becomes tricky when competitive environments, big egos, gossip, passive leadership or low morale are allowed to fester. In this 15-minute episode, she shares five fixes on how to bring people together.

Things that will help you go from chaos to calm:

Influential Internal Communication by Jenni Field

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni

Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

Poles Apart by Alison Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne & Alexandra Chesterfield

Blog: How to avoid team friction – from poles apart to pulling together

The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson

You can continue the conversation with Jenni on Twitter and LinkedIn

About the author:
Jenni Field

Jenni Field is an expert in leadership credibility and internal communication.

Host of the popular Redefining Communications with Jenni Field podcast and author of Influential Internal Communication, and Nobody Believes You, her work as an international speaker and coach, helps leaders and their organisations become more efficient and more engaging.

After spending 13 years working inside organisations as Head of Internal Communications and Communications Director, Jenni set up the consultancy Redefining Communications to help organisations and teams use communication to go from chaos to calm.

Since 2017 Jenni has published two books, hosted two popular podcasts that discuss leadership, communication and wellbeing and conducted research into communication with deskless workers, the role of line managers and why we follow some leaders and not others.

In 2020 she was the President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and she holds qualifications and accreditations in internal communication, company directorship and facilitation.

She is an impressive speaker, inspiring leader and is globally recognised in the communication industry as a force for change in the way leaders and organisations as a whole communicate with their teams.

You can find her on LinkedIn and Instagram

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