90 Days to Level Up Your Teamwork

Part IDays 1–30

Performance goal: Get ready to learn, innovate, and compete.

Teaming, coined deliberately to capture the activity of working together, presents a new, more flexible way for organizations to carry out interdependent tasks. Unlike the traditional concept of a team, teaming is an active process, not a static entity. Imagine a fluid network of interconnected individuals working in temporary teams on improvement, problem-solving, and innovation. Teaming blends relating to people, listening to other points of view, coordinating actions, and making shared decisions.

The following table summarizes the skills you will sharpen over the next 30 days. To keep yourself motivated, consider your personal goals and vision for success. What does teamwork mean to you?

Days 1–30Performance Goal: Get ready to learn, innovate, and compete.
Week 1	Benchmark Goal: Understand how teaming is different than teamwork. What was psychologist Richard Hackman’s perspective on teams? How is teaming different than that traditional understanding? Do you agree that fear is no longer an effective management strategy in the workplace? What is the difference between organizing to execute and organizing to learn?
Week 2	Benchmark Goal: Learn the four pillars of teaming and why they work. What are the four pillars of teaming? What are the benefits of teaming compared to a traditional structured team? Which of the social and cognitive barriers of teaming have you struggled with in the ...