Team Habits Quiz Resources

Welcome, Team Habits Champion!

Below you will find a host of resources to help you and your team improve the key team habits that will allow you to collaborate better, accomplish more, and achieve better results.

Each of the sections is organized by the Team Habits category found on the Quiz. Consult your Team Habits Results Report to see particular areas where you and your team need the most support. The button links for each will take you to the appropriate section of this resource page.

You can also find a host of additional resources and conversation about team habits on our dedicated publication, Better Team Habits.

Belonging

How your team creates belonging and meaning amongst members of the team.

Top Belonging Resources

  1. Belonging not Burnout
  2. Making Space to Let the Truth Come Out
  3. 4 Ways to Lead in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous (VUCA) World
  4. How Boundaries Prevent Burnout Before It Starts

Decision-Making

How your team makes decisions together.

Top Decision-Making Resources

  1. Teach Your Team the Three Types of Decisions
  2. The Executive's Guide to Limiting Decision Fatigue
  3. Decide Early and Often

Goal-Setting and Prioritization

How your team sets goals and priorities.

Top Goal-Setting and Prioritization Resources

  1. 7 Ways to Prevent Dunkirk Spirit from Burning Out Your Team
  2. A Push to Get Clearer About Your Pull Factors
  3. The Benefits of Displacement
  4. Don't Confuse the Project with the Result

Planning

How your team creates, distributes, and adjusts plans.

Top Planning Resources

  1. If You're Planning Effectively You'll Always Be Changing Your Plans
  2. How Does Your Team Handle Commitment Tension?
  3. The Five Projects Rule: Defining Your Best Work
  4. How to Improve Team Productivity with the Weekly Cadence
  5. Work at 85% Capacity with 100% Focus

Communication

How, what, and where your team communicates.

Top Communication Resources

  1. Improve Your Team Communication with Repetition: The Rule of 7
  2. The Four Levels of Communication
  3. 5 Ways to Have that Trust Conversation Sooner
  4. Time Management: It's Not Rocket Science
  5. You're Always Changing and So Should Your Systems
  6. Share Your Vision and Standardize Procedures for Effective Leadership

Collaboration

How your team moves objectives, projects, and tasks forward together.

Top Collaboration Resources

  1. 3 Ways to Deal with Your Crisco Watermelons
  2. 4 Practices to Balance Your Solo and Collaborative Work
  3. Who's the Project Owner?
  4. What's the Difference Between a System and a Process?

Meetings

How your team prepares for, conducts, and follows up after meetings.

Top Meetings Resources

  1. We Make the Rules for Meetings
  2. How to Apply Time Blocking in a Corporate Setting

Core Team Habits

How your team enables the effectiveness of individual members.

Top Core Team Habits Resources

  1. Using Focus Blocks to Boost Your Team's Capacity
  2. The 5 Must-Practice Skills for Doing Your Best Work
  3. Why You Really Don't Have a Time Management Problem
  4. How to Make Better Weekly Plans
  5. Start Finishing: How to Go From Idea to Done