team spirit — TEAMING WITH IDEAS — Carlos Valdes-Dapena

Learning - The Only Sustainable Form Of Team Spirit

Typical team building can be fun. If nothing else it offers a break from the same-old, same-old back at the office or factory. But fostering “teaminess”, that shallow, short-lived version of team spirit, will not make your team better. If you want a stronger team work together on things that matter.

Stop Teamwork Happy Talk

We’ve all seen them. Posters of rowing teams pulling together silhouetted against a golden sunset. Quotes from legendary coaches. Platitudes about teamwork outlined in a company’s “Core Values.” All of this amounts to lip service without any true action to support it.

Team LeadershipCarlos Valdes-DapenaJuly 18, 2019team spirit, Teambuilding, lessons from mars, overcollaborationComment

Teams, Shared Goals And The Fallacy Of Additive Collaboration

One of the often-cited traits of “real teams” is that they have shared goals. I’m not convinced that the distinction between real teams and other kinds of teams is valid, but that’s for another post. What I am clear about is this: While shared goals are important, they aren’t what makes a team effective or more collaborative or, if you ask me, “real.”