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How to turn a group of strangers into a team | Amy Edmondson

Business school professor Amy Edmondson talks about the basics of “teaming”. Edmondson shares the elements needed to turn a group of strangers into a quick-thinking team that can nimbly respond to challenges.

Practitioner points:

• Teams are often the best way to solve new, urgent, or unusual problems.
• Certain elements are needed to help teams be effective:

1. Situational humility – where leaders admit they don’t know the answer and need help.
2. Curiosity – bringing the right people together with different backgrounds to look at different solutions and to be curious about what others bring to the table.
3. Psychological safety – to allow people to feel safe bringing up ideas and solutions and taking risks.

Read time: 13 minutes 

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How great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek

Practitioner points:

1. Great leaders inspire people to act.
2. He sums up his discoveries in the Golden Circle, which he defines as a naturally occurring pattern on why we are inspired by some people over others.

Watch time: 19 minutes

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How to Build Teams that Win | Prakash Iyer | TEDxChennai

Practitioner Points: Why do some teams win?

1. Team members have common goals.
2. Leaders trust the team.
3. Members don’t fear failure – they stick with it.
4. The team is successful because of the people chosen to be on the team.
5. Make sure the team does not get distracted – help them stay focused.
6. Make the goals just out of reach. Let the team stretch to meet the goals.
7. The team should enjoy the journey.
8. There are no prizes for almost getting there – help the team get past obstacles to succeed.

Watch time: 16 minutes

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About the Author

Rose Klimovich is Visiting Professor of Marketing and Management at Manhattan College in New York. She is also a Digital Marketing and Strategy consultant to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Formerly, as the Vice President – Product Management and Product Marketing for Telx, Rose Klimovich created the Telx business strategy and developed the investment plan for new products and services in areas including colocation, cloud, Ethernet, and video conferencing. Rose’s team supported vertical markets including Financial Services, Media and Service Providers.

Prior to this, Rose was the Vice President of Business Strategy for AT&T, responsible for strategy development and investment decisions in new markets and technologies. Rose has more than 20 years of experience and achievement in designing, scaling and managing Internet, VPN and data businesses. Rose led AT&T to the #1 share position in VPN and to a leadership position in Internet Services.

Rose has an MBA and a BS in Math/Economics from Carnegie-Mellon University. Rose is Joint Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Venture Fund.

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