Be Partners: A New Standard For Teamwork

Jan 30, 2025

Discover the transformative power of partnerships in teamwork, as unique abilities take center stage. Learn how to create a dream team by collaborating with individuals who excel in different areas, enhancing creativity, execution, and sustainability. Shannon emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and confidence in identifying what you love and do best. Overcome imposter syndrome and embrace your strengths to foster great partnerships, leading to exceptional results and a thriving work environment.

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ADVICE

Partner Up

Shannon Waller only wants partners, not employees or staff, emphasizing the importance of collaboration.
Seek partners who are as capable and confident in their areas as you are in yours.

INSIGHT

Teamwork Triad

Waller introduces the Teamwork Triad, with partners specializing in "make it up," "make it real," and "make it recur."
These represent creative vision, execution, and sustainability, respectively, ensuring well-rounded projects.

ADVICE

Know Your Unique Ability

Understand your Unique Ability, including what you excel at and dislike, through self-awareness and experience.
Acknowledge your strengths and weaknesses to build effective partnerships based on complementary skills.

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Are you looking to upgrade your teamwork? Do you realize that you have really high standards? Today, Shannon Waller talks about building partners within entrepreneurial teams. What does it mean to have team partners rather than employees or staff, and how do you build the ultimate dream team in your business? If you’re tired of micromanaging, find out how Shannon achieves crazy fast results with team members who act as partners.

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Shannon has realized she only wants to work with partners, not employees, not staff.
One example of a three-way partnership is the Teamwork Triad, which consist of three people who have a Unique Ability^® in separate but equal areas of “make it up” (creative vision), “make it real” (execution), and “make it recur” (sustainability).
Great partnerships are built around each person being honest about their strengths and areas of Unique Ability.
Unique Ability is made up of those activities at which you are capable and confident, but also most love to do.
Do you know what you’re uniquely exceptional at that you should be doing all the time? Do you know what you should not be doing?
Having Imposter Syndrome simply means you’re growing and still somewhere in the first three scary stages of The 4 C’s Formula^®—commitment, courage, or capability—and not yet at the last stage, confidence.
To be a great partner, you can’t be shy and humble about the things you’re really good at.
You can’t be a partner when you’re doing what you’re incompetent or merely competent at.
You also can’t be a partner when you’re doing what you’re excellent at but have no passion for.
When partners work together in Unique Ability^® Teamwork, everyone is committed and energized by what they’re doing.
How can you tell when you have the right partners working together? You get the highest quality results at crazy fast speeds.
Being a partner means stepping outside of your preconceived ideas about your role to share the best of yourself: your heart, brain, and will.

Resources:

Kolbe

Unique Ability

The Team Success Handbook by Shannon Waller

The 4 C’s Formula by Dan Sullivan