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Insights and Opinions: Action Items for Improving Team Efficiency

For our Insights and Opinions section this morning--where we feature contributions from our readers---we have a contribution from Braven Greenelsh, who talks about improving your team's efficiency.


After more than two decades of working with small, agile teams who represent large, multi-billion dollar companies, I’ve learned a few things. Most notably, in every single relationship known to man, communication is the single most critical element when it comes to working efficiently with others.

And we can be better at it.

Below are five practical ways to improve team efficiency from some of the brightest minds in the business. We’re talking MIT, CalTech, and Harvard Business Review. Nuf said!

But first, a quick warm-up:

According to The New Science for Building Great Teams, Alex Pentland outlines three key communication dynamics that affect performance – Energy, Engagement, and Exploration. I’m going to add a fourth – one that’s popping up on the radar quite a bit these days – Empathy. (continued...)


Read the rest of the article, Action Items For Improving Team Efficiency.