(short) Furthering the Mission Through Others - Building Collaborative Momentum #leadershipdev

Coordination is not collaboration. And until you understand the difference, you're going to keep exhausting yourself trying to generate momentum. That never materializes. Newton's first law. An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. That's the key phrase, outside force. You can have all the internal capability in the world. You can be personally excellent, driven, resourceful, ambitious, aligned. But to generate momentum, to actually start moving, you need an outside force. Coordination is transactional. It's about logistics and scheduling, task management. It's I'll do my part, you do your part. We're going to sync up. In the weekly meeting, Coordination asks, what do you need from me so you can do your job? Coordination is necessary. I'm not dismissing it. It has to happen. But it's not sufficient. If we're going for the next rippling ring of generating momentum, there's no blame and there's no excuses, just rapid learning and adjustment. Momentum builds on momentum, and when you identify what's working and you deliberately amplify it, then you create a flywheel effect.