Utilize team knowledge
Everyone on your team has a different perspective. This is valuable in that it can provide unique and important information to the team as you are making a decision.
Legitimize someone's right to speak by calling out people who seem quiet and invite them to share their ideas and join the conversation. This will amplify their voice. Their contribution of perspective will add value to the entire team.
Reduce interruptions by teammates when one person is speaking
Use a talking stick, or a rule that everyone speaks once before anyone can speak a second time.
Be open minded. Listen and absorb another person’s viewpoint.
Reduce Status Differences
Speakers tend make eye contact with people they view as “high status.” Leaders need to be aware of this tendency and make a point to make eye-contact with everyone.
Ask all team-members to come prepared with some new information to report
Create a way for people to share their ideas and inpus anonymously for difficult decisions.
Leverage Knowledge Diversity by understanding who knows what and assign tasks based on their expertise
Cultivate Team Trust
Make people feel safe to speak up and reduce interpersonal conflict
Create a team identity
Emphasize everyone’s goals and values
Meet face-to-face (outside of work as well)
Make sure that everyone knows that their individual goals are aligned with and subordinate to team’s mission and success.