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When You Lead is as Important as How
One of the myths of team building is the idea that leadership is a set of well-identified traits that work in most situations. But scientific research says this is false in several ways. I became more...
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What We Know about Virtual Teams, Part 1
We are more alike than different, but we notice the differences more. This truth about individuals applies to teams as well, for top leadership and production teams, medical and construction teams, and...
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What We Know about Virtual Teams, Part 2
In last week’s post we starting looking at what science knows about virtual teams. To recap: Virtual and regular “collocated” teams are more alike than different, working with the same dynamics....
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What is a "Team?" The Answer Matters to You
A few months ago I was at a luncheon chatting with two workers for the State of North Carolina. After they found out about my scientific approach to team building, they began asking some very specific...
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What Teams Believe Impacts What They Do
Teams who think they can succeed are more likely to do so. Such "obvious" statements sometimes prove wrong, but I am happy to report that teamwork science agrees with this one. The story doesn’t end...
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Scientists’ Review Raises Problems with Team Building
Two of the most respected researchers at the nexus of psychology and management wrote in a 2006 research review, “while it is true that there is much we psychologists do not yet know about team...
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Do More with the Same
The relatively stable unemployment numbers in the U.S. suggest that the worst of the layoffs have passed, but companies are reluctant to hire. For those of you looking for work, this has to be...
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You Get What You Pay For: 'I' vs. 'We'
"There is no 'I' in team," people often say to me."There is no 'we,' either," I reply with a mischievous grin.This wordplay points up a critical tension in working on a team, part of what one...
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What an Arctic Basketball Team can Teach Your Business Team
In 2005, a Native American high school basketball team carried the hopes of 600 residents in the Arctic village of Fort Yukon to the Alaska state tournament. Along the way it went 23–4 and beat or...
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Your "Team" Might Never Need Team Building
A recent study raises the possibility that doing team building could actually hurt a group’s performance. Any group will benefit from some attention to interpersonal skills, but if it doesn’t need to...
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