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Phase 02 · Leadership team · 2 min

Team rep — before productive debate

Separate the argument from the threat response, so the team can mine for conflict on the issue without paying for it in the relationship.

Before you press play

Use this when the room is polite and the real conversation is happening in the hallway.

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  1. We are about to disagree deliberately. Two breaths first.

    Hold 12 seconds

  2. Silently: what is the position I am attached to, and what would change my mind?

    Hold 22 seconds

  3. Silently: who in this room have I not actually listened to on this?

    Hold 20 seconds

  4. The rule for the next twenty minutes: argue the idea, name the interest, no history.

    Hold 16 seconds

  5. One person states the strongest version of the view they disagree with. Then we begin.

    Hold 8 seconds

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Positive Intelligence®, the PQ® Score, and the Saboteur model are trademarks and the work of Shirzad Chamine and Positive Intelligence, LLC. Compass Performance, Inc. does not own them and claims no rights in them; Compass is an independent user of these licensed instruments. The Compass service is Mental Fitness™, and the reading, interpretation and commentary here are Compass's own.

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Positive Intelligence®, the PQ® Score, and the Saboteur model are trademarks and the work of Shirzad Chamine and Positive Intelligence, LLC. Compass Performance, Inc. does not own them and claims no rights in them; Compass is an independent user of these licensed instruments. The Compass service is Mental Fitness™, and the reading, interpretation and commentary here are Compass's own. No affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement by Shirzad Chamine or Positive Intelligence, LLC is implied.

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