Videos: Teamwork 101

Build a foundation for better collaboration with Prof. Thompson's four-video series
Written by:
Leigh Thompson
2 minute read
A team is only as strong as its people — and its leader. Professor Leigh Thompson created the Teamwork 101 series to improve individuals' leadership skills so they can maximize the strength in their numbers whether they're in the boardroom or brainstorming with the group.

Each of the four video toolboxes provides step-by-step best practices and strategies for building strong teams, examples, cases and the research behind each set of recommendations.

Teamwork 101 Syllabus:
Toolbox 1: Designing teams for success
  • Use the Tuckman model of teamwork as your guide to create a cohesive team.


Test your knowledge of Toolbox 1: Take a comprehension check.



Toolbox 2 - Optimizing team decision making
  • Learn how to build evidence-based leadership skills, be scientific when negotiating solutions, lead without bias, encourage disrupters and determine when it's time to move from analysis to action.


Test your knowledge of Toolbox 2: Take a comprehension check.



Toolbox 3: People skills and emotional intelligence
  • Learn how emotional intelligence informs how different team members manage conflict and the effect that has on the group.


Test your knowledge of Toolbox 3: Take a comprehension check.



Toolbox 4 - Creativity and innovation in teams
  • Learn how brainstorming, brainwriting, interlopers and deviation from the norm spark a team's creativity.


Test your knowledge of Toolbox 4: Take a comprehension check.