HBR Guide to Collaborative Teams

Description

Break down the barriers to effective collaboration. For cross-functional projects to work, you need to bring together diverse ideas and resources from across your organization. But office politics, conflicting objectives, and lack of clear authority can get in the way. The HBR Guide to Collaborative Teams provides practical tips and advice to help you collaborate more effectively. Whether you're leading your own direct reports or building a talented group from disparate parts of your organization, you'll discover how to align others' goals and skills so you can solve problems as a team and deliver great results. You'll learn to: Develop a shared purposeBust departmental silosLead employees who don't report to youOvercome conflict and turf warsPrevent collaborative overload and fatigueUse the right tools for virtual information sharing Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges. What You’ll Learn Contents Introduction: Why Collaboration Is So Hard Section 1: Making Yourself Collaboration-Ready Ch. 1: Exerting Influence Without Authority Ch. 2: To Improve Your Team, First Work on Yourself Ch. 3: Collaboration Without Burnout Section 2: Building the Team Ch. 4: Great Teams Are About Personalities, Not Just Skills Ch. 5: Six Ways to Convince Someone to Collaborate with You Ch. 6: Making Star Teams Out of Star Players Ch. 7: Ensuring Agile Teams Can Work Together Section 3: Being Productive as a Team Ch. 8: High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety Ch. 9: The Best Teams Have Clearly Defined Roles Ch. 10: Helping Teams with Different Subcultures to Collaborate Ch. 11: Get Your Team to Do What It Says It’s Going to Do Ch. 12: Don’t Let Teamwork Get in the Way of Agility Ch. 13: How to Motivate Your Problem People Section 4: Communicating and Making Decisions Ch. 14: Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration Ch. 15: Seven Strategies for Better Group Decision Making Ch. 16: A Good Meeting Needs a Clear Decision-Making Process Ch. 17: Four Tips for Effective Virtual Collaboration Ch. 18: If Your Team Agrees on Everything, Working Together Is Pointless Section 5: Navigating Conflicts and Power Struggles Ch. 19: How to Permanently Resolve Cross-Department Rivalries Ch. 20: Navigating a Turf War at Work Ch. 21: How to Handle a Disagreement on Your Team Ch. 22: Collaborating with People You Don’t Like Index