The volatility of today’s business environment requires radical acceleration of speed, agility, and bolder ideas than ever before. Yet most executive and team collaboration remains meeting-based and mediocre.

It’s time to reinvent leadership and the way teams work and collaborate—shifting from traditional command-and-control approaches to what Keith Ferrazzi calls “teamship.”

Gayle Lantz speaks with Keith Ferrazzi, influential thought leader, founder of Ferrazzi Greenlight, and New York Times bestselling author. Keith has spent more than 20 years coaching Fortune 500 companies, unicorn startups, and governments while leading the Greenlight Research Institute focused on team transformation.

You may know Keith from his breakthrough book “Never Eat Alone,” and now his latest work “Never Lead Alone” reveals 10 key shifts from leadership to teamship. His columns appear regularly in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Wall Street Journal.

Keith shares practical, research-backed strategies that move teams away from conflict avoidance and superficial collaboration toward cultures of candor, co-elevation, and collective accountability. He challenges the hub-and-spoke leadership model and offers simple practices that can transform team dynamics immediately.

This episode covers: 

• The concept of “co-elevation” and why teams must commit to pushing each other higher 
• How to shift from conflict avoidance to candor using proven practices like “stress testing” and “candor breaks” 
• Practical techniques for crowdsourcing innovation and bold thinking across entire organizations 
• How to leverage AI transformation through peer-to-peer learning and internal “black belts” 
• The power of asking the right questions to unlock breakthrough thinking 
• Moving beyond traditional meetings to 21st-century collaboration methods 
• Why the wisdom for transformation exists in every team, not in any individual

This episode challenges leaders to let go of outdated command-and-control methods and embrace teamship—where teams become autonomous in creating value, generating growth opportunities, and driving bold, candid thinking together.

LINKS:

https://www.keithferrazzi.com

Never Lead Alone

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