Great resource for teaming:
http://kenthompson.typepad.com/thevirtualcoach/
This mini site provides concise and well tried techniques in the areas of Team Mobilisation and Team Operations for a wide-range of collaboration scenarios including:
- virtual teams
- cross-functional teams
- collaborative business networks
- virtual communities
- supply chains and clusters
Each tool in the toolbox includes:
- An Introduction to the topic
- The overall process for introducing and using it
- A Detailed Checklist
- A Worked Example/Supporting Spreadsheet
The current toolbox contains the following items
- Defining team objectives, success criteria and required outcomes
- Establishing Team Capabilities for the job and spotting the gaps
- Defining Team Ground Rules
- Assessing Team Culture and new required behaviours
- Agreeing the Team Karma (“what’s in it for me?”)
- Effective Personal Collaboration Strategies
- Conducting Effective Team Meetings
- Good Team Decision Making
- Creating network collaboration opportunities
- Assessing a teams beliefs versus High Performing Teams
- Profiling a virtual team
- Collaborative Document Development
- Autonomous Behavior Modelling
- Team Social Network Analysis
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Identify team communication problems via “communication distance”
Even though I have described many proven techniques for collaboration there is something you should know… you only need 3 of these techniques to sort out 90% of the problems in the team setup phase ….. and if this phase is not done properly none of the other phases really matter anyway!
So if you need to sort out your team or group in a real hurry – check out The 3 magic techniques for setting up any team
