Every team leader dreams of his her team buying into the vision, all rowing in the same direction towards that vision with smooth efficiency. Every team leader imagines each team member applying their talent, experience and skills in a way so that the team not only is rowing in the same direction, their efforts are coordinated with such efficiency that the organization skims across the waves, through the storms and into port way ahead of the pack.

Is this actually possible?

The reality is that each team member brings not only talent and experience, they also bring agenda, personal objectives and filters that are constantly working to move the boat off course and interfere with the efforts of others. And most of the time they don’t even know they are doing it.

Our experience shows that when team members are grounded in the awareness of the truth of who they are, understand the meaning of being that truth and have a sense of purpose for expressing it, they bring a lot less drama to the organization and a lot more energy and creativity.

When there is a vision for the organization where team members can literally see themselves in the vision meaningfully expressing their purpose, the team functions as a powerful unit and do row the boat in unison in the same direction. Our experience is that teams that develop a culture of authenticity deeply rooted in a common vision increase productivity, find more creative solutions and expend more energy on things that actually matter.