You and your team
Your CoDynamics compare your own working preferences with your team's habits.
Jeff B.’s CoDynamics.
What matches. What differs.
Matches the team: Processing, Deciding, Executing
Differs from the team: Communicating
Potential tension means a different preference. It is useful context for finding support, not a judgment of suitability or ability to succeed.
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Your preferenceInformalInformation is shared organically among team members.
Team behaviorOrderedInformation is shared through defined processes and forums.
Your preferenceLogicalInformation is evaluated on its own merits, regardless of source.
Team behaviorLogicalInformation is evaluated on its own merits, regardless of source.
Your preferenceAuthoritativeDecisions are driven by direction from team leadership.
Team behaviorAuthoritativeDecisions are driven by direction from team leadership.
Your preferenceSpontaneousLightweight plans favor agility and adaptability.
Team behaviorSpontaneousLightweight plans favor agility and adaptability.
How to read your fit
Natural fit means your preferences align with the team's approach. These situations may feel more comfortable.
Potential tension means you prefer a different approach. Recognizing these situations helps you prepare and ask for support.
Your preferenceSpontaneous
Team patternStrongly Spontaneous
Your plans are lightweight and reactive to new information throughout project implementation, which is similar to how your team implements projects
- Help the more deliberate members of the team identify and prioritize the areas where they most need clarity from a planning and ongoing execution perspective, and work with the rest of the team to provide that clarity
- When tackling an effort where the consequences of an unexpected outcome (or delay) would be significant, push your team (and yourself) to set aside the natural instinct for lightweight, reactive plans in favor of a more detailed blueprint for execution
Protect the commitment while adapting the plan
Your team’s Executing style is Spontaneous; you prefer Spontaneous. If a change affects work someone else is waiting for, a quick dependency check can preserve the team’s flexibility without surprising that person.
Try this: Before redirecting a task, ask its owner who depends on it. Agree what still needs to arrive and have the owner confirm any change with the recipient.
Look for: The person waiting on the work knows about the changed handoff before it affects their next step.
Explore this practiceYour preferences as a leader
Your own preferences shape what feels natural to you as a leader. Where you fit, watch for blind spots you share with the team and bring in perspectives you might both overlook. Where you differ, use that perspective to help the team flex.
Turn the example into your result
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