Me and the Team
Twelve cards in a circle: you at the centre, colleagues around. The spread shows the role assigned to you, the chief, the ally, the source of friction and where it all goes.
Take it for a real team you see daily, not a connection that lives only in messages.
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- 12
- Minutes
- 16
- Reversals
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How to read it
The two central cards are read as a pair: you as you feel yourself, and you as you are seen. The distance between them explains half of all workplace misunderstandings. Then go round the circle: above is the frame — the assigned role, the chief and the unwritten rules; to the right are people and exchange, the ally and what the team gives you; below are the outcome, the conflict and your contribution; to the left the source of friction and the role you want. Compare assigned role with desired role: if they are opposite, conflict is certain, and the spread says whether it is worth it.
Positions
You in the team
How you yourself feel among these people from day to day.
How you are seen
Your reputation in this team: what you are valued for and suspected of.
The assigned role
The place assigned to you unasked: workhorse, newcomer, buffer, critic.
The chief
How your chief actually regards you and what they expect from you.
The unwritten rules
The unwritten rules this team lives by and what is never forgiven here.
The ally
Who is genuinely on your side, even if you barely speak to each other.
What the team gives you
What you get here besides pay: experience, protection, a name or exhaustion.
Where it is heading
What your standing in this team becomes within six months.
The main conflict
The real cause of the tension, which rarely matches what the quarrels are about.
What you give
Your real contribution to the common work, including the part nobody notices.
The source of friction
The person or circumstance that makes the work heavier than it should be.
The role you want
What you would like to be here and what stops you taking that place.
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