December 2004

SYNERGY
 

Synergy is the dynamic of complementary talent focused on a greater goal.  Perhaps you have experienced synergy in a recent success at work.  These moments of extended contribution and superior results often seem coincidental.  However, a closer look reveals what we all instinctively know, “Great moments of accomplishment don’t just happen!”  Synergy has both an unplanned and planned dimension to it.  Timing and opportunity are the more elusive ingredients in synergy.  However, there are four key ingredients that are within your grasp.

Vision:  The invitation to synergy
Leaders who can articulate a compelling vision set the stage for synergy to appear.  Vision invites a level of involvement and participation that addresses more strategic and collective success.  Have you communicated that vision to your staff and stakeholders?

Initiatives:  The focus for synergy
Synergy is operationalized by the presence of strategic initiatives with clearly defined outcomes, resources, and deadlines.  These initiatives become the tangible expression of vision and call staff to broader levels of relationship, cooperation, and investment.  Have you targeted an initiative that is tied to your vision and is escalating new levels of contribution and partnering across functions and responsibilities?

Ownership:  The glue for synergy
Ownership builds in the kind of choice and accountability that makes synergy work.  The key to courting ownership is reaching a definition of success for an initiative without placing too many constraints on how that success is to be achieved.  The more ownership your staff has for the “how”, “when”, and by “whom” of execution, the more synergy is enhanced.  Are you stifling or releasing synergy by the levels of ownership and initiative you extend to staff.

Rewards:  The stamina for synergy
Synergy requires the presence of compelling rewards to sustain its momentum and impact.  Even the most excited and committed staff can falter under trying personalities, missed deadlines, or unexpected changes in the work that has brought them together.  Short-term rewards or significant longer-term gains often sustain teams and groups through the finish line of successful execution.  Have you strategically placed rewards and recognition to encourage and sustain the synergy you have cultivated?

If synergy is not alive or visible within your team, department, or division, this may be your opportunity to set the stage for great moments of accomplishment to appear.  In the process, you’ll elevate your leadership impact and success!

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