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Understanding teamwork types

Understanding teamwork types

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Understanding teamwork types

- When you are on the quest to build a high-performing team, it's important to first understand what mode your team might be operating in. You see, teams operate in a few different modes, each which is best aligned to certain types of projects. The three types of teamwork are coordination, cooperation, and collaboration. And these are very different, but interrelated, existing on the continuum from simple to complex. In my research I've found that instead of these being three distinct types of teamwork, collaboration is really an umbrella that contains cooperation and coordination within it. Most teams coordinate, but far fewer are actually doing collaboration. Some groups and teams may only operate in one or two zones on a daily basis. But more and more, teams are being asked to move across the levels seamlessly. This means that teams often must switch back and forth between goals, intentions, and skill sets, which can be…

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