I am working with a DEI department that wants to develop their psychological safety within the culture. As they tell me about their culture, one of their main principles is Radical Empathy. Working to understand one another as much as possible. And the more they spoke about Radical Empathy, the more I got curious. So I asked - "How do you balance empathy with getting things done?" They paused for a second and said.... "That's the issue." They want to create a supportive culture but a lot of work is dumped on the managers. When their employees struggle (from work or personal life), the managers take on a lot of the work to help give the employees space. Many of the managers feel overworked and unsure of what to do. How have you seen teams manage a proper balance between being empathetic empathy and productivity?

A topic much highlighted in the Mastermind tonight was how do you tackle communicating with team members / stakeholders in different time zones and I 100% face this as 30% of my team is in a time zone 11.5 hours ahead. How do y’all work with this to ensure effective collaboration?

Hey fam, good to meet you all! The main issue that my team and I have is one of limited action due to a lack of time/funding. For context, we are an early stage tech startup without funding and all members have day jobs and families. We have strong vision, mission, and values and decent communication. What are some ideas for inspiring additional action so that we can get to the next stage?