Team Effectiveness
Toolkit
The five key dynamics of effective teams that the Google researchers identified are rooted in the wider world of team performance research to create, foster, and empower effective teams. This document has tips for managers and leaders to support the behaviors the researchers found important and it also contains a sampling of improvement indicators and guiding questions.
Presentations
Matt Sakaguchi, a site reliability engineer at Google, spoke about the company’s research and practical tips around building high-performing teams, including the importance of psychological safety in the workplace. Michelle Elrod, Director of Employee Organizational Development and Advancement at Cal Polytechnic University Pomona, has applied Google’s research and implemented the principles for building high-performing teams in an academic setting.
Good Reads
- Project Aristotle Overview - Google re:Work
- Google Says The Best Teams Have These 5 Things - Forbes, 2019
- This 2-Year Google Study Says Your Team Will Be Successful if They Can Answer Yes to These 5 Questions - Inc., 2019
- The surprising thing Google learned about its employees — and what it means for today’s students - Washington Post, 2017
Team Effectiveness Trainings
LinkedIn Learning:
- Habits of highly collaborative teams - 6 minutes
- Creating a great corporate culture- organizational lessons from private industry - 5 minutes
Inc.:
Discussion Guide
- IDEA Leader Discussion Guide: Team Effectiveness (30 minutes)
For more resources and trainings, please visit the Learning@LBL website brought to you by Berkeley Lab's Learning & Organizational Development team.