Building Great Teams: 8 Attributes for the Modern World | Learn with Atlassian (Skillshare)

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Building Great Teams: 8 Attributes for the Modern World | Learn with Atlassian (Skillshare)

Work has changed dramatically since the Industrial Revolution, and teams have changed with it. Join Atlassian’s Work Futurist Dominic Price to learn how to keep up and make your team more effective, starting today. Atlassian has developed the Team Playbook — a no-bullshit guide to unleashing your team's potential. In this 35-minute class, Dominic shares the best of the method — an essential guide to the 8 essential attributes of successful teams.

Packed with research, case studies, and easy evaluation steps that require nothing more than pen and paper, you’ll learn the best of Atlassian’s method so you can translate it for your needs, your projects, and your people.
Key attributes include:

  • Defining project ownership
  • Balancing teams
  • Creating proofs of concept
  • Managing dependencies

...and more!
These 8 practices will transform your team's ability to collaborate, allowing you to solve complex problems, keep pace in a quickly changing workforce, and become more effective with tangible results. From individuals to entire companies, everyone can benefit from taking this class and learning about the future of teamwork, today.
Choose one attribute to develop with your team!
Have five minutes? Choose one attribute to evaluate with an action step from the class, either on your own or with your team. Share which attribute you chose and why — we'd love to know what you think will change once you've taken some time to work through it with your team.
Have a little longer? Explore the full Team Playbook and do a full evaluation of your current team health

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