Chemistry…

Chemistry is trust at its highest level. Chemistry is built by leaders who embody personal, ethical, strategic, and situational trust. Team chemistry is sustained by these same leaders and by you too. In other words, for team chemistry to really exist, it takes the effort and perspectives of all the team members – not just the ones out front, or at the top.

U2, as most of you have heard me blather on and on, is my favorite example of a great team. They have a great CEO, Bono, a strong COO in the Edge, but the guys keeping them in “tune” are a couple you do not hear much from nor know much about. They are the other half of U2. Adam Clayton plays bass while Larry Mullen jr beats the drum. Here’s a great word from Larry. Extrapolate to you and your teams in work and life.

We are four very, very different people with diverse personalities. We are one but we are definitely not the same. If there is something special about U2, it has nothing to do with us as individuals. It’s what happens when we get together on stage or in the studio. It’s very hard to describe and even harder to explain. However, it’s the only reason we are still doing this. When we play music together, something happens.”

You see, U2 is FM because they’ve grown up together, fought through their differences and learned to be patient with one another. Patience. Are you, my reader, seeing the pattern? Good…