Today’s Essential Power Skill for Leaders: CooperationCooperation can require navigating busyness, indifference, and unproductive conflict. It’s hard, but it’s as vital now as it has ever been.

“I want to work in a way that is both productive and brings me joy — what does that look like, and how might I achieve this?”

I’ve studied working lives for over 20 years, talking to thousands of executives, the MBA students I teach, and leaders of the companies I advise. I’ve also directed a series of research initiatives taking a closer look at how we work. What I hear — either explicitly or in an undercurrent of tiny indecisions and hesitancies — is that people are searching for work lives that are both productive and joyful.

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/todays-essential-power-skill-for-leaders-cooperation/