learning path

Improve your team’s collaboration

duration

4 hours

level

Beginner

Build healthy teams

How you work is just as important as the work you’re doing. This practice-based path shows you how to apply Atlassian's innovative teamwork philosophies and real-life tools. Each course was designed by Atlassian’s top work futurists and can be completed in under one hour.
This learning path is for:
  • Team leaders
  • Prospective team leaders looking to build their skills
  • Remote teams who want to build healthy teamwork habits
  • Newly formed teams who need to establish shared purpose and practices
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5 courses in this learning path

45 minutes
How to build strategic guidance

Build a high-performing, effective team by providing clarity, defining success, and making it clear who will benefit from your efforts — a technique we call strategic guidance.

Lessons
  • Explore strategic guidance
  • How to run the Vision Creation play
  • How to run the Goals, Signals, and Measures play
  • How to run the Customer Journey Mapping play
  • How to run the DACI Decision Making Framework play
  • Practice strategic guidance
50 minutes
How to shape effective teams

Define your team’s purpose, clarify roles and responsibilities, and create healthier communication and relationships on your team.

Lessons
  • Explore team shaping
  • How to run the Team Poster play
  • How to run the Roles and Responsibilities play
  • How to run the Network of Teams play
  • How to run the Working Agreements play
  • Practice team shaping
1 hour and 10 minutes
Async collaboration for distributed teams

Keep your remote teammates connected and moving projects forward, regardless of time zones or geographic locations.

Lessons
  • Sync vs. async communication
  • Async alternatives to face-to-face meetings
  • Ideation tactics for distributed teams
  • How to plan and manage work asynchronously
  • How to use async pre-work to run better meetings
  • How to replace status meetings with an async tool
  • Tips to start collaborating async with your team
35 minutes
How to run effective meetings

Lead efficient meetings that have clear goals, keep your attendees actively engaged, and use the Atlassian Playbook to improve meeting success.

Lessons
  • What is an effective meeting?
  • How to determine if you need a meeting
  • How to prepare for a meeting
  • How to facilitate a meeting
  • What to do after your meeting ends
  • Simple tips to run better meetings
40 minutes
Redesign your workweek

Configure your calendar to prioritize high-impact work and goals. You’ll learn how to set daily priorities, prioritize essential meetings, and schedule focus time.

Lessons
  • Take control of your calendar and redesign your workweek
  • Edit existing meetings to increase focus time
  • Set daily priorities and focus on critical work
  • Create blocks for focus time and collaboration on your calendar
  • Maximize productivity by scheduling time to respond to messages
  • How to continue making time for the work that matters most