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Our cross-functional team was formed last month to develop a new product. At first, we didn’t see eye to eye put all our eggs in one basket faced a free rider were on the same page (1 p.) on the design features, which slowed down progress. Each department had different priorities, so alignment wasn’t putting all our eggs in one basket a no-brainer cutting the mustard being killed by kindness (1 p.) .

Eventually, we held a workshop to ensure we were facing hard calls putting all our eggs in one basket on the same page seeing eye to eye (1 p.) about customer needs. That helped us realize we were actually in the same boat cutting the mustard being too kind making a hard call (1 p.) , trying to meet the same deadline with limited resources.

One problem we faced was a classic being killed by kindness putting all our eggs in one basket cutting the mustard free rider problem (1 p.) — one team member kept missing deadlines but still shared credit for the final product. Another issue was that junior staff were putting all their eggs in one basket being killed by kindness facing hard calls cutting the mustard (1 p.) by senior managers who were too protective instead of giving them real tasks.

In our final review, our project leader said that simply doing your job doesn’t cut the mustard puts all eggs in one basket means we see eye to eye is a no-brainer (1 p.) in today’s competitive market. True collaboration means speaking up, taking initiative, and cutting the mustard being killed by kindness making hard calls facing a free rider (1 p.) when needed.