Judging Others Has Not Worked ... So Let's Join Them

Within organizations, there is a crucial distinction between judging others and joining them. Katz and Miller contend when we are instinctively wary of others it “slows us down in a world that demands speed.” When in joining mode, you gain more and faster collaboration, better acceptance of others, the exploration of ideas, and the cultivation of curiosity. Leaders can listen as allies with others, pay attention to their perspectives, and be self‐aware of the times when they are in judging mode. “Judging others,” the authors write, “creates waste in our interactions at a time when organizations have little tolerance for waste.”