<h2>Vanessa Druskat: The Emotionally Intelligent Team</h2>
<p>Vanessa Druskat is an associate professor at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. She advises leaders and teams at over a dozen Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 companies and wrote the best-selling <em>Harvard Business Review</em> article (with S. Wolff) on emotionally intelligent teams that has been chosen many times for inclusion in HBR’s most valued articles. She is the author of <em>The Emotionally Intelligent Team: Building Collaborative Groups that Outperform the Rest</em> (<a href="https://amzn.to/4nneFUj">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90226/9781647824877">Bookshop</a>)*.</p>
<p>It’s easy to assume that a good start for a great team is getting the smartest people together. That does help, but it’s not the critical factor in whether a team performs. In this conversation, Vanessa and I discuss why the word belonging makes such a difference.</p>
<h3>Key Points</h3>
<ul>
<li>Raw talent of the individual and their own interpersonal skills don’t predict team performance.</li>
<li>Belonging is critical for team performance. Leaders often miss this because they already feel like they belong.</li>
<li>Team members understanding each other is the first and most critical norm.</li>
<li>Beginning meetings with check-ins or gallery walks helps people understand each other, even if it’s not discussed extensively.</li>
<li>Inviting people to bring everyday objects to illustrate a more complex point helps make understanding accessible.</li>
<li>The leader sets the tone, but it’s the interaction between team members that makes the difference.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Resources Mentioned</h3>
<ul>
<li><em>The Emotionally Intelligent Team: Building Collaborative Groups that Outperform the Rest</em> (<a href="https://amzn.to/4nneFUj">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90226/9781647824877">Bookshop</a>)* by Vanessa Druskat</li>
</ul>
<h3>Interview Notes</h3>
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