ARTICLES

Vol 1 Lessons Learned-Six Tips

Vol 2 Navigating Troubled Water

Vol 3 Three Key Activities for a Team Kick-Off

Vol 4 Getting Back to Business

Vol 5 Can You Hear Me Now

Vol 6 Grad Tidings

Vol 7 Running Virtual Team Meetings That Don't Waste Time

Vol 8 When Good Teams Go Wrong

Vol 9 Leading a Team with Big Personalities

Vol 10 Teamwork From the Ground Up

Vol 11 Restoring Team Trust

Vol 12 When Your Team Reaches a Turning Point

Vol 13 New Team Leader: Three Ways to Gain Followership

What Makes Good Teams Work Better: Research Based Strategies That Distinguish Top-performing Cross-functional Drug Development Teams

Free Informative Article: A multi-method scientific study was designed to identify the actions and strategies that distinguish the highest performing teams from their average performing teams at Johnson & Johnson.

Research Based Strategies That Distinguish Top-performing Cross-functional Drug Development Teams

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"Strategies and Actions That Distinguish Top-Performing Cross-Functional Teams Across Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals"

Why do some teams excel, when others get stuck in a loop of conflict, rework and firefighting? This Free Report reveals the strategies, both operationally and behaviorally that takes teams to the next level of performance.  You’ll discover 11 distinct behaviors that increase team trust, ownership and higher performance.

Myths of teamwork debunked!   Think teamwork is about having a “kumbuya session” or having everyone “play nice in the sandbox”?  This mindset is a barrier to team results--see what we discovered in our study.

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Here's what you'll learn:

This report will give you a new insight into top performance teams.  The findings of our research enabled J&J to provide their colleagues with specific suggestions for improving cross functional teams.  It can do the same for you.

Gain a practical understanding of the “non technical” success factors for teams.  The importance of the “human element” of teams cannot be overstated.  The drivers of higher team performance can be applied in your organization, and to your team.

It's not just for pharmaceutical cross functional teams.   The behaviors and strategies can, and should, be applied to teams from many disciplines.

Organizational Team Climate: (CLICK HERE)

Team Climate SurveyWondering how your organization’s team culture measures up?  Take the Team Climate Survey to see the strengths and weaknesses of your company’s foundation for a strong team environment – you’ll explore management support, team performance support and the effectiveness of your team leaders.

 

Team Effectiveness Checklist: (CLICK HERE)

Team Effectiveness Checklist

How is your team doing? Monitoring performance is key to a team’s development and continual improvement.  This quick “health check” targets the factors specific to a team’s effectiveness.

 

Team Operating Norms: (CLICK HERE)

Team Operating Norms

How is your team's "Code of Conduct"? The best teams establish behavioral and operational norms for working together.  Use this list as a starting place to establish norms for your team.  Customize, add and delete, as needed.

 


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