A 5 page summary of the new book by Amy Edmondson, one of Harvard's Top 50 Influential Management Gurus.

1. Jen Runkle, PhD
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NOT YOUR
FATHER’S
TEAMWORK
FULL SUMMARY
http://www.athenahealth.com/leadership-forum/_doc/Teamwork_On_The_Fly.pdf

2. Jen Runkle, PhD
Runkle Consulting
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 Teaming is flexible teamwork to tackle unexpected
problems and identify emerging opportunities
 To “team” well, employees and organizations must
embrace
 principles of project management—such as scoping out the
project, structuring the group, and sorting tasks by level of
interdependence
 team leadership, such as emphasizing purpose, building
psychological safety, and embracing failure and conflict.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

3. Jen Runkle, PhD
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THE REWARDS OF TEAMING

4. Jen Runkle, PhD
Runkle Consulting
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 Overcoming factors that prevent us from learning
 interpersonal fear
 irrational beliefs about failure
 groupthink
 problematic power dynamics
 information hoarding
 Leaders can shape these factors by
 encouraging reflection
 creating psychological safety
 overcoming defensive interpersonal dynamics
ACTIONS FOR LEADERS

5. Jen Runkle, PhD
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Diagnose
assess the
situation
Design
develop specific
plans for action
Act
treat experience as
experiment
Reflection
evaluate results
and improve things
LEARN AS YOU GO