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Improve your team’s collaboration

duration

4 hours

level

Beginner

product

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 apparent who will benefit from your efforts — a technique we call strategic guidance.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

Organize your calendar to prioritize high-impact work, essential meetings, and focus time.

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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

Improve your team’s collaboration

Build healthy teams

How to build strategic guidance

Lessons

How to shape effective teams

Lessons

Async collaboration for distributed teams

Lessons

How to run effective meetings

Lessons

Redesign your workweek

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