Teamwork

With a massive shift to working from home, how do you ensure your teams work collaboratively and avoid drifting apart? Surely technology is the answer? Tech tools help to some extent, but success [...]

The Coronavirus crisis is amplifying the best and worst of human behaviours primarily due to fears about health, wealth and wellbeing. We have a stark choice: we either try and grab as much as we [...]

What are the three fears preventing your people from working collaboratively? We’d all love to manage low maintenance teams that come together effortlessly and outperform, however the [...]

What lessons does the humble barcode hold for the language of leadership? When you scan your groceries at the supermarket, it’s the barcode that makes it possible. First used on [...]

How do you increase engagement between teams to reduce employee frustrations? It’s a common problem that prevents organisations from getting the best out of their people. I’ll use a [...]

Have you ever linked the science of your daily cup of coffee with that of great teams? Starting back at the desk on Monday, I wonder if your thoughts first turn to coffee? Mine do. It’s a [...]

A fleeting, chance encounter with a dog-walking woman highlights the challenges that individuals and collaborative teams face in building relationships and trust. I’m an early morning runner, [...]

Trust building reduces frictions and increases the effectiveness of collaborative teams. Without it, you’ll see symptoms like an artificial sense of team harmony, a lot of talking and not [...]

What are the foundations for building effective teams and groups? When you think about it, work teams and groups are mini-communities in themselves. Therefore, if we know what makes local [...]

I was contacted by “Mark” recently who was somewhat desperate to improve collaboration across the business he works in. As we talked it through, it became clear the owners lack the vision and [...]