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JoelWood

Collaborative Strategist

Collaborative Strategists build their plans through inclusive, team-oriented processes. They actively seek feedback and consensus, resulting in comprehensive, broadly supported strategies.

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Be the Best Collaborative Strategist

Strengths

Potential Challenges

Potential Challenges

  • Exceptional at gaining team consensus
  • Builds strong team ownership of plans
  • Incorporates diverse viewpoints effectively

Potential Challenges

Potential Challenges

Potential Challenges

  • Decision-making can become slow or stalled
  • May defer too much to team input, weakening individual decisiveness

Recommendations

Best Collaboration

Best Collaboration

  • Set clear timelines for input and decision-making
  • Trust own judgment alongside team feedback

Best Collaboration

Best Collaboration

Best Collaboration

  • Action-Oriented Initiators
  • Visionary Planners

Collaborative Strategists are masters at involving others in the planning process, creating inclusive environments where everyone feels heard. They understand the power of collective intelligence and intentionally build strategies that reflect a wide range of insights and perspectives, resulting in strong buy-in and ownership.


Their ability to listen deeply and consider diverse viewpoints makes them natural facilitators. Collaborative Strategists build high-trust environments that empower others to contribute freely. Yet their inclusive approach can sometimes lead to slow decision-making, particularly when consensus is difficult to achieve.


To enhance their effectiveness, Collaborative Strategists should set clear decision-making timelines and confidently assert their judgment once input has been gathered. They benefit from working closely with Action-Oriented Initiators and Visionary Planners who provide the decisiveness and forward momentum needed to move plans into action efficiently.

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