Clear purpose, right people
Team charters, goals, roles and composition.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Where
- Team Development
- Price
- £39
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Read the full terms
Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
Purpose is the first design decision a team leader makes. This module covers Hackman's compelling direction, the GRPI model of goals, roles, processes and interpersonal relationships, and meta-analysis evidence on team goals from Kleingeld and colleagues. It shows how to write a team charter and a team communication charter, and uses Gene Kranz and Apollo 13 to show why purpose holds when plans fail. Who is in a team, how many there are and how they differ shape performance long before anyone meets. This module looks honestly at Belbin's nine team roles, the evidence on size and social loafing from Ringelmann to Karau and Williams, Amazon's two-pizza teams, Scott Page's diversity theorem and its critique, and Lau and Murnighan's faultlines, ending with a practitioner lens for composing a team.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Explain Hackman's compelling direction and why it should specify ends rather than means.
- Use the GRPI model to diagnose team friction from the top down, and explain what the research says about group and individual goals.
- Plan a team charter and a team communication charter with your team, including when to review them.
- Describe Belbin's nine team roles and explain why they suit conversation rather than selection.
- Explain how team size affects coordination and effort, and identify the conditions that reduce social loafing.
The Modules.
1 hour 15 minutes of learning.
- 04Purpose, Goals and Team ChartersPurpose is the first design decision a team leader makes. This module covers Hackman's compelling direction, the GRPI model of goals, roles, processes and interpersonal relationships, and meta-analysis evidence on team goals from Kleingeld and colleagues. It shows how to write a team charter and a team communication charter, and uses Gene Kranz and Apollo 13 to show why purpose holds when plans fail.38 min
- 05Roles, Composition and SizeWho is in a team, how many there are and how they differ shape performance long before anyone meets. This module looks honestly at Belbin's nine team roles, the evidence on size and social loafing from Ringelmann to Karau and Williams, Amazon's two-pizza teams, Scott Page's diversity theorem and its critique, and Lau and Murnighan's faultlines, ending with a practitioner lens for composing a team.37 min
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 15 minutes, £39
- Next stepFocus, Building the team, 3 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
- Explore, Forming the team, 5 hours 30 minutes, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
- The whole topicImmerse, The team that works, 11 hours, £249. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £210.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
Also part of: Stepping up, More than the sum of its parts, Starting from scratch
Other Bitesize in the Team Development topic
- What makes a teamTeam development: Tuckman and team effectiveness2 hours£39
- Trust at the centreTrust and psychological safety in teams1 hour 15 minutes£39
- Better decisions togetherGroupthink, dissent and team conflict1 hour 15 minutes£39
- Beneath the surfaceTeam dynamics and the role of the team leader1 hour 15 minutes£39
- Teams that learnTeam coaching, reflexivity and debriefs1 hour 15 minutes£39
- Across distance and boundariesHybrid teams and multi-agency working1 hour 15 minutes£39
