Learning Center
Collaboration
Teamwork and collaboration, as part of our UAB Shared Values and Leadership Competencies, are important to your success at UAB. The programs, job aids and resources below offer you the opportunity to examine and build your teaming skills, and give you the tools to make a strong contribution in any role.
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Team Player
How do you show up on your team or teams?
Tools
LinkedIn Learning- Challenges and Benefits of Collaboration, from Collaboration Principles and Process course
- Five Challenges of Collaboration, from Collaboration Principles and Process course
- Is it Natural to Work in a Team, from Teamwork Foundations course
- Nobody is Perfect, from Teamwork Foundations course
- Building Trust for Collaboration, from Collaborative Leadership course
Videos
Articles & Books- "Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable" by Patrick Lencioni
- "The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business" by Patrick Lencioni
- "The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals" by Chris McChesney, Jim Huling and Sean Covey
- Harvard Business Review: Do You Really Trust Your Team? (And Do They Trust You?)
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Team Roles
What position does the team need me to play on this team at this time?
Tools- RAPID Framework: Bain's tool to clarify decision accountability
- Understanding Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RACI Matrix)
LinkedIn Learning- Establish Roles and Responsibilities, from Collaboration Principles and Process course
- Building Trust for Collaboration, from Collaborative Leadership course
- Commit to Collaboration, from Creating a Culture of Collaboration course
Articles & Books- "The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization" by Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith
- "Unstoppable Teams: The Four Essential Actions of High-Performance Leadership" by Alden Mills
- "The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals" by Chris McChesney, Jim Huling and Sean Covey
- "Extreme Teams: Why Pixar, Netflix, AirBnB and Other Cutting Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail" by Robert Bruce Shaw
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Team Tools
Building collaboration and teamwork is a continuous process.
ToolsLinkedIn Learning- Building Skills for Collaboration, from Project Management: International Projects course
- Design Rules of Engagement, from Collaboration Principles and Process course
- Develop Team Skills, from Cert Prep: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner course
- How to Develop Resilience, from Igniting Emotional Engagement course
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