Teamwork resources

Essential resources

Essential Team Conversation: A framework for your first team conversation. Helps your team learn about each other and begin building professional relationships.

Team Agreement Template: A team agreement is a key element of team collaboration: sharing strengths, discussing how your team will work together, and planning how you will overcome potential obstacles you may encounter as a team. Available as a Google Doc or a Fillable PDF.

Role of Facilitator in a Team: The facilitator has specific responsibilities before, during, and at the conclusion of each team meeting. Effective teams regularly rotate this role.

Effective Team Meetings: Use this resource to ensure you prepare, conduct, and follow up on team meetings effectively.

SUIT: Team Decision-making Process: The SUIT Tool helps teams structure their decision-making process to ensure they take time to consider multiple options and that all team members’ perspectives are included.

Advanced resources

Five Steps for Conversational Feedback: Guidelines for providing and receiving feedback constructively.

Team Feedforward Exercise: A short exercise for teams to use for continual improvement through constructive feedback.

Addressing team obstacles

Addressing Team Obstacles: Identify the type of obstacle your team is facing so you can take appropriate steps to address it together.

Difficult Conversations: Use the AAA/FIRM tool to prepare for and hold difficult conversations with teammates.

Teamwork Competencies and Skills Framework

The RRU Teamwork Competencies and Skills Framework describes the relationship between 13 teamwork skills across 5 teamwork competencies.