Six Common Misperceptions about Teamwork - J. Richard Hackman
by J. Richard Hackman | 5:50 PM June 7, 2011 This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Making Collaboration Work. Teamwork and collaboration are critical to mission achievement in any organization that has to respond quickly to changing circumstances. My research in the U.S. intelligence community has not only affirmed that idea but also surfaced a number of mistaken beliefs about teamwork that can sidetrack productive collaboration. Here are six of them.
Solution Saturday: 10 Ways to Shorten Long Meetings
Solution Saturday: 10 Ways to Shorten Long Meetings Great meetings create efficiency. It’s Solution Saturday. The problem I’d like us to solve is spending too much time in long meetings.
10 Truths About Building School Teams
I've spent the last ten years serving on and attempting to build effective teams of educators -- to various degrees of success. This last year, I've been writing a lot about team development. I first articulated the following "ten truths" for myself when I coached a team some years ago. I used these to remind myself of what it would take to build a resilient, high-performing team that worked in challenging contexts. I was hesitant to call them "truths," but these ideas have been tried and tested, and they feel truer to me than anything else when building a team.
What is Empathy?
Empathy is, at its simplest, awareness of the feelings and emotions of other people. It is a key element of Emotional Intelligence, the link between self and others, because it is how we as individuals understand what others are experiencing as if we were feeling it ourselves. Empathy goes far beyond sympathy, which might be considered ‘feeling for’ someone. Empathy, instead, is ‘feeling with’ that person, through the use of imagination. Some Definitions of Empathy empathy n. the power of entering into another’s personality and imaginatively experiencing his experiences.
What Kind of Group Work Encourages the Most Original Thinking?
When I first read Originals I couldn’t help but take notes. What I jotted down was essentially a to-do list for how I could be more creative, how I could think up and then communicate new ideas. But the book — written by Adam Grant, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania — is not just a guide for adults.
15 Quotes to Inspire Great Teamwork
The difference between success and failure is a great team. When I first became an entrepreneur, in the spring of 2002, I was a consultant working for myself. As Dave Kerpen Strategic Consulting, I could make my own hours, determine my own success, and avoid answering to a boss. But as a one-man business, I was very limited in the potential to grow. It might be fun, or interesting, or exciting to be on your own, but it's also limiting. A one-person business can only grow so much.
Teamwork
Assessment | Biopsychology | Comparative | Cognitive | Developmental | Language | Individual differences | Personality | Philosophy | Social |Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology | Industrial & Organisational : Introduction : Personnel : Organizational psychology : Occupations: Work environment: Index : Outline Projects often require that people work together to accomplish a common goal; therefore, teamwork is an important factor in most organizations. Effective collaborative skills are necessary to work well in a team environment. Many businesses attempt to enhance their employees' collaborative efforts through workshops and cross-training to help people effectively work together and accomplish shared goals.
18 Powerful Ways to Build Your Mental Toughness
It's a well-known adage: What happens to us plays far less a role in our happiness and success than our responses. To develop and maintain the kind of mental toughness that success requires, it's crucial that you keep your thoughts and self-talk positive and avoid the habits that lead to negativity and unhealthy behaviors. The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we never see them fight. Help keep yourself prepared for whatever comes your way tomorrow by practicing good habits of mind and attitude: 1. Emotional stability.
The Emotional Impulses That Poison Healthy Teams
Courtesy of Harvard Business Review Is anyone really an individual contributor at work anymore? I think not. Pretty much everything we do is done with others in groups. We’re tasked with planning and completing projects together.
The 7 Ted Talks every leader should watch.
When I started my first company at the age of 25, I did not consider myself a leader. I was just a guy who needed to serve my clients. But soon I was hiring people and had to figure out how to be a good boss and business person. That was 25 years ago, before Ted and the internet made expert learning fast and accessible.
