Most team charters have a shelf-life of 30 days. They become "Zombie Documents" not because of a lack of love, but a lack of maintenance. This guide applies the "Broken Window Theory" to team culture and introduces the "Escalation Ladder", a graduated system for enforcing rules without destroying psychological safety. Learn the three rituals that turn a static document into a living operating system.
A practical facilitator's guide to running a Team Charter Workshop. Moving beyond vague values, this guide uses the 'Clarity Canvas' and 'Boundary Mapping' frameworks, amongst others, to build concrete team agreements. Includes a modular 4-hour agenda, scripts for defining 'psychological safety,' and templates for hybrid/remote teams.
Even healthy teams have a dark side. Explore the "shadows" of the Five Movements model, like when "Belonging" mutates into "Artificial Harmony" or "Aligning" becomes "Rigid Dogma." A diagnostic guide for modern leaders on how to spot and fix hidden dysfunction.
Tuckman’s team development model shaped leadership thinking for decades. But modern teams are more fluid, diverse and interdependent than the world it was built for. This article explores why the classic five stages no longer fit today’s work and introduces a contemporary five-movement pattern for leading teams through complexity.
The Team Dynamics Framework is a practical, research-informed model that helps teams understand how they think, work, and align. This article introduces the framework and the supporting diagnostics
The authors have uncovered ways to build high psychological safety and trust cultures in workplace teams. The rewards? Higher purpose and performance. — Read on www.talent-quarterly.com/in-team-we-trust/
Book summary of Stewardship
Maturity Mapping overview and its connection to cynefin and Wardley mapping
Link to a MITSloan article on collaboration failure
Blog piece on Virtual collaboration lessons learnt as an OU student
Link to a Medium article on building teams - so good basic ideas.
Saving for later: how trust in groups works, and why it matters — Read on www.shanesnow.com/teamwork/psychological-safety
CCL white paper on how polarity management can be used effectively in virtual teams.
Via Kulvir Bahra The first process of the MBI model is to map cultural differences present in the team. In this article, we learn how to actually do this in a team. — Read on www.futurelearn.com/courses/harnessing-cultural-diversity/2/steps/699233
A link to Remote Worktree a resource for remote workers and their leaders
