course

How to shape effective teams

duration

50 minutes

level

Beginner

Create healthy teams

Define your team’s purpose, clarify roles and responsibilities, and create healthier communication and relationships on your team. You’ll learn how to use Atlassian’s Team Playbook — free workshop resources that fuel teamwork — to shape your team, boost team alignment and communication, and make sure everyone on your team has a shared understanding of what they should be working on and why.
After this course, you’ll be able to:
  • Create a shared direction for your team.
  • Build alignment with your team’s roles and the responsibilities needed.
  • Understand which teams your team relies on to get work done and the health of those relationships.
  • Make it clear exactly how your team wants to work together day-to-day.
  • Use structure and templates to facilitate discussions.
  • Clarify how your team sees itself.
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6 Lessons in this course

5 minutes
Explore team shaping

After this lesson, you'll be able to: - Describe the benefits of running team shaping plays with your team

Sections
  • Ready for more effective teamwork?
  • Meet your instructors
10 minutes
How to run the Team Poster play

After this lesson, you'll be able to: - Facilitate the Team Poster play with your team - Create a shared direction for where your team is going

Sections
  • How do you run the Team Poster play?
10 minutes
How to run the Roles and Responsibilities play

After this lesson, you'll be able to: - Facilitate the Roles and Responsibilities play with your team - Build alignment on the roles within your team - Build alignment on the responsibilities taken on on by each role

Sections
  • How do you run the Roles and Responsibilities play?
10 minutes
How to run the Network of Teams play

After this lesson, you'll be able to: - Facilitate the Network of Teams play with your team - Identify the teams you rely on to get work done - Assess the health of each relationship

Sections
  • How do you run the Network of Teams play?
10 minutes
How to run the Working Agreements play

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Facilitate the Working Agreements play with your team - Create an explicit agreement on how your team works together day-to-day

Sections
  • How do you run the Working Agreements play?
5 minutes
Practice team shaping

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to: - Name at least one Team Shaping play you intend to run with your team - Explain why and how you intend to run the play - Share your advice with the Atlassian Community

Sections
  • Practice what you've learned
  • Join us in the Teamwork Lab