Finding your Collaborative Edge™ - a Collaboration Equation™ episode with Somya Agrawal, Leader, Collaborator and Motivator

Hello, and welcome to the second Collaboration Equation™ episode in Leaders in Conversation with Anni Townend and Lucy Kidd.  Today’s guest is Somya Agrawal, Leader, Collaborator and Motivator and the title of our conversation is Finding your Collaborative Edge™. Leaders in Conversation is the podcast in which leaders share their life and leadership stories, and in our Collaboration Equation™ episodes their experience of collaborating and how they find their Collaborative Edge™ to encourage you to bring even more curiosity, care and courage to your leadership.   If you are not already please do subscribe to the podcast, review and share it. Thank you! ABOUT THIS EPISODE In our conversation we talk about the application of Collaboration Equation™ and Somya shares her experience of collaboration and offers valuable insights into: 1. Bringing two teams together to get to know each other, to be able to have an open conversation, and how  this fast tracks success. 2. Connecting through being vulnerable in sharing her experience of hearing loss and how this has created meaningful connection  with others.  3. Creating psychological safety that invites people to give and ask for help, getting what we need from each other and caring about each other. 4. Building trust through being human and authentic with colleagues. 5. Meeting people where they are at, and making time for everyone to have a voice, and for different thoughts and feelings to be heard. 6. Creating a culture of care and connection whether working online or in person. To connect, follow and find out more about Somya: LinkedIn: Somya Agrawal Instagram: @somyaagr To listen to more Leaders in Conversation with Anni Townend visit my website www.annitownend.com A big thank you to Coco O’Brien for the wonderful intro and outro music, for the lovely design and marketing of the podcast and to Tom at Brown Bear Studios for the excellent production of this episode. To contact Anni Townend and Lucy Kidd do email us on anni@annitownend.com and lucy@lucykidd.com, or via our dedicated email address connect@collaborationequation.com To explore more about how to find your Collaborative Edge™,  visit our website www.collaborationequation.com, subscribe to our fortnightly Leadership Conversations and follow us on LinkedIn Collaboration Equation™.   We look forward to connecting and collaborating with you, thank you for listening.