Working Effectively on a Team

  • 5 Courses | 1h 50m 8s
  • 9 Books | 19h 13m
  • 9 Audiobooks | 10h 38m 58s
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Effective teams have committed and engaged players. Explore how you can be a better contributor to your teams and their success. Learn how teamworking plays a vital part in completing projects. It's important to develop and refine the skills that will help you make valuable contributions to any team.

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Psychological Safety: Building a Culture of Inclusion and Innovation

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COURSES INCLUDED

Psychological Safety: Building a Culture of Inclusion and Innovation
Psychological safety involves the feeling of being accepted and respected-believing you can present your true self at work without fear of negative consequences to your self-image, status, or career. But it also goes beyond that to trusting that your team and your workplace is safe for interpersonal risk taking, which is crucial to being in an energized workplace of learners and problem solvers. When there's a high level of psychological safety, there is a culture of inclusion. People feel safe to speak up, to offer ideas, and to ask questions. At the very core of psychological safety is a mindset that welcomes diversity of thought, whether it brings good news, bad news, or a puzzle. In this course, you'll learn what psychological safety is and the big impact it has in the workplace, and how to nurture a mindset of psychological safety and build a skillset that supports it. And you'll learn what challenges might inhibit a culture of psychological safety, solutions for overcoming each challenge, and techniques to measure and sustain high levels of psychological safety in your workplace.
8 videos | 29m has Assessment available Badge
Being an Effective Team Member
Making a real, positive difference on a team is not necessarily about showing team leadership. Even if your role doesn't involve managing teams, you can still make an important contribution by being a strong team member. This course covers strategies and techniques to help you become a more effective and valued team member. You'll explore ways to adopt a positive mindset toward teamwork, so that you can make a significant contribution. Because your success when working on a team depends on pulling together with other people, you'll also learn constructive ways to acknowledge differences and show respect for teams, and specific strategies for team collaboration.
8 videos | 20m has Assessment available Badge Certification PMI PDU
Strategies for Building a Cohesive Team
Team cohesion, or the strength of the links between team members, determines how effective teams will be, especially in responding to outside pressures. A team has to be cohesive if its members are to function as a unit, working closely and efficiently to achieve common goals. In this course, you'll learn methods for effectively building and managing teams that focus on improvements in three areas: communication, cooperation, and trust. You'll learn specific strategies for improving communication and promoting collaboration among staff members working on a team. You'll also learn what signs suggest a lack of trust on a team, and how you can show team leadership by using the right techniques to build trust and improve teamwork.
8 videos | 20m has Assessment available Badge
Effective Team Communication
It's vital to maintain open, effective communication when working on a team. However, it's all too easy for teams to adopt bad habits. Without realizing how badly it affects your team, you or another team member may communicate in ways that lead to misunderstandings in teamwork, cause unnecessary conflict, keep others from having their say, and prevent collaboration. In this course, you'll learn about different verbal barriers to effective team communication and strategies for overcoming them. But speaking is only one part of communication; effective team leadership is about listening too. So you'll also learn about some active listening techniques that can help you be a better listener when managing teams.
8 videos | 22m has Assessment available Badge Certification PMI PDU
Contributing as a Virtual Team Member
Companies often opt to create virtual teams in place of on-site teams. This allows employees to work from home or remote locations. However, if not managed appropriately, remote working may cause breakdowns in communication, collaboration, and teamwork. In this course, you'll learn how to develop the skills you need to show team leadership and be an effective member of a virtual team. You'll explore personal traits that are useful when working on a team remotely. You'll also learn strategies to stay connected with other team members, and ways to manage your time and overcome the challenges associated with managing teams remotely.
5 videos | 17m has Assessment available Badge
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BOOKS INCLUDED

BOOK SUMMARY

A Team of Leaders: Empowering Every Member to Take Ownership, Demonstrate Initiative and Deliver Results
A Team of Leaders provides the methods and tools to transform conventional manager-led teams into empowered, high-performing teams of leaders. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
book Duration 9m book Authors By Paul Gustavson, Stewart Liff

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The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues
The Ideal Team Player introduces the essential reasons for being a team player and why in this global, fluid workplace environment we all face, it's more important than ever. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
book Duration 9m book Authors By Patrick Lencioni

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Opening Doors to Teamwork and Collaboration
Describing four simple behavioral keys that fundamentally change how people work together, this book shows how organizations can generate the sense of excitement, energy, and shared mission that occurs when people truly join together.
book Duration 1h book Authors By Frederick A. Miller, Judith H. Katz

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
Using fiction, this book exemplifies the dysfunctional philosophies teams and team members grapple with, and how to avoid them.
book Duration 2h 21m book Authors By Patrick Lencioni

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Savvy: Dealing with People, Power and Politics at Work
Filled with case studies and examples, this practical and insightful book is for readers who want to learn how to successfully negotiate power dynamics at work without compromising their values or integrity.
book Duration 3h 38m book Authors By Jane Clarke

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Into the Storm: Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race
Recounting the story of the Ramblers' stunning victory of the iconic Sydney to Hobart deepwater challenge, this poignant guide provides resources and tools to support teams as they navigate the chaotic seas of business today.
book Duration 5h 16m book Authors By Dennis N.T. Perkins, Jillian B. Murphy

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Collaborating for Results: Silo Working and Relationships that Work
Combining psychology with broader organisation development theory and practice, this book focuses on the human reasons for unproductive silo working in organisations, and explores how to develop working relationships that save time and money and improve organisation performance.
book Duration 3h 23m book Authors By David Ian Willcock

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The Hard Hat: 21 Ways to Be a Great Teammate
Presenting a true story about George Boiardi, his team and their legacy, this unforgettable book is infused with practical insights and life changing lessons that will inspire you to be the best teammate you can be and to build a great team.
book Duration 1h 17m book Authors By Jon Gordon

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Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust
Teaching us how to work with people whom we might not like or trust, this timely book outlines the five misunderstandings that keep people from effectively collaborating with those people and shows readers how they can successfully engage with positive results instead.
book Duration 2h book Authors By Adam Kahane
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AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDED

AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY

The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues
The Ideal Team Player introduces the essential reasons for being a team player and why in this global, fluid workplace environment we all face, it's more important than ever. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
audiobook Duration 18m 16s audiobook Authors By Patrick Lencioni

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Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations
Team Genius explores the dynamics of successful teams, offering engaging case studies and intriguing research to prove that creating great teams requires careful, strategic thinking. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
audiobook Duration 10m 33s audiobook Authors By Michael S. Malone, Rich Karlgaard

AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY

The Secret of Teams: What Great Teams Know and Do
The Secret of Teams examines how to transform ineffective team management into positive, impactful leadership. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
audiobook Duration 15m 37s audiobook Authors By Mark Miller

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Committed Teams: Three Steps to Inspiring Passion and Performance
Committed Teams delivers practical guidance on how to manage teams in a way that both inspires team members and encourages them to stick to their commitments. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
audiobook Duration 11m 6s audiobook Authors By Derek Newberry, Madeline Boyer, Mario Moussa

AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team provides a fresh take on teamwork, and pinpoints the main dysfunctions in teams while offering advice on how to resolve them. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
audiobook Duration 9m 39s audiobook Authors By Patrick Lencioni

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Ubuntu! An Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration
This audio edition shows us a way to overcome our fears, insecurities, and the "me-ism" that so often permeates our workplaces, and replace it with a culture of genuine respect and collaboration.
audiobook Duration 3h 35m 7s audiobook Authors By Bob Nelson, Stephen Lundin

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Working with Difficult People
This audio edition defines nine fundamental types of difficult people and presents a complete system for opening lines of communication, resolving differences, and avoiding office headaches.
audiobook Duration 3h 2m 46s audiobook Authors By Kathleen Lundin, Michael S. Dobson, William Lundin

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The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
This audio edition takes the pain out of learning what makes a team tick, and will help you become the kind of person everyone wants on their team. Read by the author.
audiobook Duration 2h 34m audiobook Authors By John C. Maxwell

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Jackie Barretta on Primal Teams
In this AMACOM Edgewise podcast, author Jackie Barretta wants you to know that emotions do belong at work and explains why.
audiobook Duration 21m 54s audiobook Authors By Jackie Barretta
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SKILL BENCHMARKS INCLUDED

Effective Teamwork
Effective teams have committed and engaged team players, and have mastered the art of building teams. Explore how you can be a better contributor to your teams and their success. It's important to develop and refine the skills that will help you make valuable contributions to any team. Learn how teamworking plays a vital part in completing projects, and how team building can increase your success. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.
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