Why this matters
In a world of dynamic teams, we often have to come together fast and be in different teams at different stages at the same time. This requires an ability and a toolkit to form and bond that team in a quick but still real way so you can trust each other and outperform your competition.
These are some of the tips and tricks successful remote team leaders have employed to increase or sharpen their Teaming skills, fast. We talk about [the connection between Psychologically Safe teams and the real teamwork](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLmQyUqTmsY) often but here are a few things to do right away to bring you up to speed.
How to run it
- 1
Take the team through the Fast Team Startup Briefing (newly forming team or new ish team needs to bond)
- 2
Below is a 5-30 minute (depending on the size of the team) briefing that has been used for pre op clinical teams, which help increase check ins, reduce error rates and can be used and adapted across many other teams and for many other scenarios.
General Guidelines:
The Fast Team Briefing Process
3 more steps in the facilitator kit
Includes timing cues, facilitation notes, and AI pod adaptation guide — delivered by email immediately.
What next
Keep an eye on the behavioural Norms (What must we always do as we work together today? What should we be careful not to do?) agreed to maintain team bonds and do the extended version.
Related resources
- To Team or Not to Team (article)
- 5 Things You Can Do Today to Build Up Your Team (video)
Facilitator Kit — Runbook
The full step-by-step runbook with timing cues, facilitation notes, and AI pod adaptation is available with the Facilitator Kit.