<p>Your team might be too big to do its best work.</p><p>In this week&#39;s Q&amp;A, Cathal and Annette unpack their takeaways from Colin Fisher&#39;s research on what makes great teams. The number that stuck: 4.5 people. That&#39;s the ideal team size for real collaboration.</p><p>They dig into why most leadership meetings are too big to actually solve anything, the goal-setting mistake Colin calls &quot;meet me in California tomorrow,&quot; and how the rise of individualism is quietly reshaping how we work in teams.</p><p>Annette connects Colin&#39;s findings to Google&#39;s Project Aristotle research, making the case that psychological safety matters more than ever in an era where &quot;I&quot; is replacing &quot;we.&quot;</p><p>Plus, a listener shares an update on her career transition: from corporate burnout to building a portfolio that combines consulting with her real passion, acting.</p><p>Key topics: ideal team size, goal specificity, individualism vs collectivism, psychological safety, portfolio careers, career transitions.</p><p>Guest book recommendations from listeners:→ Working Identity by Herminia Ibarra→ Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker</p><p>Got a career question? Head to betteratwork.net and send us a note.</p>