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The High Five!

Same Team Partners

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Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 47

Join Brett Harned and Greg Storey from Same Team Partners for a quick weekly check-in, where they check-in, discuss a big design ops topic, and then share what they're listening to, reading, and using, and then end it with a high-five.

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🇨🇦 Canada - management
11/04/2026
#88
🇬🇧 Great Britain - management
04/01/2026
#94
🇨🇦 Canada - management
15/10/2025
#88

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Episode 47 - Leading quiet remote teams

Season 1 · Episode 47

Thursday, June 26, 2025 • Duration 36:31

It’s been a month! We hit pause to reassess Same Team’s direction—and we’re feeling good about the shift. In this episode, we unpack why we made that move and what’s been on our minds: AI, project management, burnout, and how remote teams really communicate.

The Review

Inspired by Brett’s article, When Silence Isn’t a Red Flag: Leading Quiet Remote Teams, we unpack why quiet doesn’t always mean disengaged. Brett shares his own experience leading a remote team where silence was just part of the culture. We explore how to spot the difference between healthy quiet and emotional withdrawal, how your communication style shapes remote teams, and how leaders can create safety and connection, especially for quieter folks.

And don’t stop there—check out everything else we’ve published on Same Page this past month!

The Ask

Buy our new 1:1 playbook and immediately improve your leadership!

https://sameteampartners.com/1-on-1-playbook/

The Hit List

Check out the full list on our website: https://sameteampartners.com/thehighfive/episode-47-leading-quiet-remote-teams

The High Five

This month’s high five goes to… us. For taking a step back, reading the room, and having the wisdom (and courage) to take a new path. Sometimes the best move is knowing when to make one.

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Episode 46 - Enough with the user manuals

Season 1 · Episode 46

Thursday, May 15, 2025 • Duration 23:02

It started with a text on a day off and turned into a whole conversation about burnout, boundaries, and why everyone seems one notification away from snapping. This week, Brett and Greg dig into the limits of "mental load," share a few real-world stress responses, and then turn their attention to a new workplace trend that's doing more harm than good: personal user manuals.

If your onboarding doc reads like a dating profile, we’ve got some thoughts.

The Huddle

The 1:1 Playbook is live! We finally launched the thing—and it's better than we imagined. It’s our most complete guide yet for making 1:1s less awkward and more impactful.

The Review

Greg’s latest opinion column, Enough with the personal user manuals, critiques the growing trend of workplace "user guides." Sure, they’re well-intentioned. But when they replace actual conversation, they can short-circuit trust, reinforce power dynamics, and turn human connection into a checklist.

This week, we unpack:

What actually makes people feel seen and understood at work
How trust gets built (and broken) in remote teams
The hidden cost of replacing relationships with documentation
What leaders can do instead

The Ask

Buy our new 1:1 playbook and immediately improve your leadership! Seriously—if you run 1:1s, this is the manual you wish you had.

Buy the 1:1 Playbook

Episode 37 - The middle management trap: why it’s failing and how to fix it

Season 1 · Episode 37

Thursday, March 6, 2025 • Duration 22:09

The Huddle

What’s top of mind for us this week? Rebuilding. Between career shifts, layoffs, and leadership changes, Greg wrote about the importance of rebuilding professional connections, and Brett reconnected with an old colleague through Chicago Camps’ Tent Talk—proving that sometimes, the right conversations happen at the right time.

The Review: This Week’s Topic

The middle management trap: why it’s failing and how to fix it

Middle management used to be the stepping stone to leadership. Now? It’s a high-stress, low-reward role that no one wants. Companies are piling impossible expectations onto managers while stripping away the resources and training they need to succeed.

We break down three key questions:

What’s one thing you wish someone had told you before stepping into management? .
Why are future leaders avoiding management roles?
How do we fix it?

We also published two new Teamangle articles this week:

The Ask

We’re launching our Same Team Partners newsletter—subscribe now at sameteampartners.com/subscribe. Our first issue drops on Tuesday!

Episode 36: There is no ‘AI’ in team—Why leaders shouldn’t panic about job takeover

Season 1 · Episode 36

Thursday, February 27, 2025 • Duration 18:22

The Review: This Week’s Topic

There is no ‘AI’ in team: Why leaders shouldn’t panic about job takeover

You’ve seen the headlines: “AI is coming for your job.” But is it, though? We dive into Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s recent comments on AI’s actual impact—and why it’s still far from replacing human teams. AI may be great at crunching data, but it still struggles with judgment, creativity, emotional intelligence, and, you know, basic context.

We break down three key questions:

Do you see AI as an asset or a threat for teams?
Where do you see AI helping vs. hurting team collaboration?
How should leaders talk about AI with their teams?

Also, fun fact: We have a There Is No AI in Team T-shirt. Because why not?

We also published two Teamangle articles (...from our forthcoming book):

The Ask

We’ve got two events for you:

– March 12 at 12 PM ET (FREE). A 30-minute interactive session to help you make 1:1s more productive and meaningful.

Episode 35 - Resilience and leadership

Season 1 · Episode 35

Friday, February 21, 2025 • Duration 19:51

In this conversation, we discuss the concept of resilience in leadership, emphasizing the importance of team dynamics over individual endurance. We explore the challenges leaders face in maintaining resilience, the pitfalls of the hero mindset, and strategies for fostering collective resilience within teams.

The Huddle

We're busy making more!

We've got our next playbook ready to launch. Get ready to make your 1:1s better!
Greg is working on our first "Huddle," which will be a free workshop session on 1:1s
Brett is talking Teamangle at Chicago Tent Talks on March 4

The Review

We dig into Brett's recent Same Page post, Resilience is not enough: leadership in 2025 requires more. This conversation explores how leaders can foster collective resilience by shifting away from the hero mindset and embracing shared responsibility. Key topics include:

The challenges leaders face in maintaining resilience
The pitfalls of the hero mindset in leadership
Strategies for building resilience within teams
The importance of adaptability in uncertain environments

We also published two new Teamangle articles this week:

Episode 34 - Introducing the Teamangle Conversation Cards

Season 1 · Episode 34

Friday, February 14, 2025 • Duration 24:19

The moment we’ve been waiting for is finally here—Teamangle Conversation Cards are officially live! We dive into the origin story of the cards, why they’re a game-changer for team discussions, and how they help leaders facilitate conversations that actually matter.

The Huddle

Big things happening this week:

Teamangle Conversation Cards are live!
Brett joined The Agile Network as an expert! Use the promo code SAMETEAMPMC33 for a 33% discount on membership.

The Review

The Teamangle Conversation Cards nare live and we are so excited to share them with you! In this conversation, we break down:

Why we created the cards.
How they help teams uncover alignment (or misalignment).
Why the right questions drive meaningful conversations.

Bonus: We reveal our favorite cards and why they matter.

Plus, we published two new Teamangle articles this week:

The Ask

Grab your ! Try them in your next meeting, use them in your one-on-ones, or set aside time to explore just one or two questions with your team.

Episode 33 - The future of project management

Season 1 · Episode 33

Friday, February 7, 2025 • Duration 25:16

This episode dives into the biggest shake-up in project management in years—the PMI and Agile Alliance merger—and why digital project management (DPM) might be the missing piece in this new landscape. But not before Brett relives the glory days of the Eagles’ Super Bowl win, hoping for a win this weekend at Super Bowl LIX.

The Huddle

We’re hitting the road—join us in person for some hands-on learning!

Brett is set to facilitate a workshop at the Digital PM Summit this October in Portland, OR.
Greg will be leading a workshop at Agile 2025, July 28-30 in Denver, CO.

The Review

The recent merger between PMI and the Agile Alliance marks a pivotal moment for the project management industry, bringing together two historically opposing methodologies under one roof. This moment presents an opportunity for DPM to take its rightful place at the table—bridging the gap between Agile’s flexibility and PMI’s structured approach to create a more effective, people-first approach to project leadership.

We explore:

What does this merger mean for the future of project management?
How this shift could impact teams.
What we’d say to PMI and Agile Alliance leaders.

We also published two new Teamangle articles this week:

Episode 32 - Leadership and transformation

Season 1 · Episode 32

Friday, January 31, 2025 • Duration 27:59

This week on The High Five, we dive into the PMI and Agile Alliance merger, and share a bit about our involvement in the upcoming Agile 2025 conference—Brett will be curating a track, and Greg will be speaking. This week's conversation centers around Greg's Same Page article, Only Teams Can Drive Real Transformation, where we break down why so many top-down transformations fail and why real change has to start at the team level. We also tackle some big questions: How can you tell when a transformation effort is doomed? What actually makes change stick? And how can organizations better equip team leaders for success? If you’ve ever been stuck in a never-ending “transformation” initiative, this one’s for you.

The Review

We break down Greg’s article, Only Teams Can Drive Real Transformation, which explores why top-down change efforts fail and why true transformation must start at the team level. We discuss the biggest pitfalls in transformation initiatives and what organizations can do to better support team leaders in driving real change.

Plus, this week's Teamangle topics:

The Ask

Follow us on Linkedin. Engage with us on Linkedin! We'll be posting more video and content updates, and we value your feedback, hot takes, likes, or whatever you want to contribute.

Episode 31 - Toxic tech bros and one-on-ones

Season 1 · Episode 31

Friday, January 24, 2025 • Duration 27:45

While recapping his whirlwind day as a tourist in Dubai—where he presented Teamangle at the Dubai International Project Management Forum—Brett reflects on the value of meaningful connections. This ties into a critique of Airbnb’s CEO dismissing one-on-one meetings as a waste of time and comparing listening to employees to playing therapist—a mindset Brett sees as toxic bro culture masking as innovation.

The discussion highlights the value of one-on-ones, the harm of toxic leadership rhetoric, and how leaders can create inclusive workplaces by fostering trust, empathy, and psychological safety. Balancing ambitious goals with supportive environments is key to better leadership.

The Review

This week, we discuss Brett's Same Page article, Avoiding one-on-ones? That’s not leadership, that’s toxicity and the themes of the article surrounding the need for one-on-one meetings and how toxic bro culture has no place at work, no matter the industry.

Plus, this week's Teamangle topics:

The Ask

We want to hear from our listeners! What's on your mind? What topics resonate for you? Drop us a note at highfive@sameteampartners.com. We'd love to connect and hear what's top-of-mind for you. Who knows, maybe we'll bring it up on the show!

Episode 30 - Teams are still struggling with energy, purpose, and morale

Season 1 · Episode 30

Thursday, January 9, 2025 • Duration 18:21

This week, we’re diving into Greg’s latest article: Teams are still struggling with energy, purpose, and morale: Here’s how to help. If your team’s feeling the strain lately, you’re not alone—and we’re unpacking why it’s happening and what leaders can actually do about it. We also break down some hard truths about today’s workplace climate:

Plus, we dig into a Teamangle hot topic: Why knowing when a task is truly ‘done’ can boost team satisfaction. Turns out, clear definitions of completion = happier, more efficient teams.

And speaking of global insights—Brett’s heading to Dubai for the DIPMF Conference to talk all things Teamangle! Big shoutout to our listeners tuning in from around the world—hello out there! 🌍

It’s a packed episode full of insights, real talk, and global adventures. Don’t miss it!

The Review

This week we talk about today's workplace climate, and how some leaders may be struggling to motivate teams. Greg reviews advice for how leaders can help teams and themselves in his article, Teams are still struggling with energy, purpose, and morale: Here's how to help.

Plus, this week's Teamangle topics:

The Ask

Join our next Teamangle webinar on January 23 at noon ET.

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