by Esther Derby | Oct 14, 2008 | Collaboration & Teams
I still hear about managers taking teams on ropes courses and splat ball courses for “trust building.”It doesn’t work. Trust always exists within a context and relates to a specific sphere of action and expertise.So if you want to build trust on a...
by Esther Derby | Oct 3, 2008 | Collaboration & Teams
It’s a truism that trust is the foundation of teamwork.But trust is a big word. What do we really mean when we talk about trust?First, trust exists within a context. The sort of trust that you need for a productive working relationship is different from the trust you...
by Esther Derby | Apr 4, 2007 | Collaboration & Teams, Leadership & Management
When I talk to teams about self-organizing, people worry about what to do when some one on the team isn’t working out. If we’re a team, they posit, we have to work things out so we can work together. Not necessarily so. Teams need to manage team membership...
by Esther Derby | Nov 14, 2006 | The Rest
My new article on Incorporating Part-Time Team Members is on Stickyminds.com.In one of my workshops I run a simulation on distibuted and part-time teams. The dynamics for the part-timers are almost always the same. People who work part time may want to fit into the...
