Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor.

I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, where we help leaders tweak how their teams do the work

so that results stay strong and engagement and well-being thrive inside the work.

When leaders learn to do this well, everyone wins.

I would love to come speak at your next event or offsite to deliver the clarity,

confidence, and tools your leaders need to bring this shift to life. Reach out today at leadabovenoise.com

slash connect. So did anyone else happen to catch the recent collab between Snoop Dogg and the K-pop

demon hunters? It was, at least for me,

entirely unexpected, but super fun to watch. Celebrity collabs on stages, albums, socials,

they keep, in my opinion, getting better, more interesting. The more surprising, the more

not obviously aligned, the better they land.

While celebrity collabs these days seem purposeful and fun, collabs in the workplace are often

anything but. I'm hearing from client teams these days things like, we are forced to collaborate

with this other team.

While celebrity collabs these days seem purposeful and fun,

collabs in the workplace are often anything but.

I'm hearing from client teams these days, things like,

we are forced to collaborate with this other team, but honestly,

we don't understand why, and frankly, they just slow us down. Or, I'd love to ask this other team, but honestly, we don't understand why, and frankly, they just slow us down. Or I'd love to ask this other person to collaborate with me, but I don't want my boss thinking

I can't handle this solo.

And these comments feel so starkly in opposition to the ways celebrities are approaching

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