Small Team Collaboration: Seven Key Beliefs To Work As A Great Team
Stumble It!What makes great teams such? Is it just a coincidence that some teams consistently outperform others or is being a high performing team due to specific traits of those who make the team up? Robin Good and Ken Thompson suggest the team's beliefs are the key.
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I cited your work in a comment on Face2Face post re PCMA conference, where a topic was collaboration. Just tried to submit a comment here moments ago and got a "503" whatever that is after I typed in the number
See http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/01/16/pcma-day-2-collaborate-communicate-innovate/?accept=1#comment-100978
Ken, am so curious to discover the "future you" - tapped you in a meme here
http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/01/31/now-who%e2%80%99s-the-%e2%80%9cfuture-you%e2%80%9d/#more-376
I did some thinking about this. I have run a number of very high performing teams and have just put together a list.
http://joelmacfarlane.com/2009/06/15/5-unglamorous-steps-to-running-a-high-performing-team/
Hi Joel
Great article - 5 simple but effective points for having an above average team - many thanks -
Best Regards
KEN