He Studied 6,000 Workers. Here's What the Best Teams Do Differently

Psychologist Ron Friedman, who polled over 6,000 workers, explains what separates a real team from a group of coworkers. You're in the meetings and on the group chat, but you couldn't say what your team is actually working toward. Ron Friedman says most people who talk about their team are really just a group of people who happen to work together. That's a recipe for dysfunction. He's a psychologist whose books have sold more than 100,000 copies. For his new book, Superteams, he polled over 6,000 workers about their teams and went looking for what the top-rated ones do differently. The average worker spends 18 hours a week in meetings and 11 more digging through messages, which leaves about a day for real work. Friedman says any team can dramatically improve its performance. In this episode, you'll learn: How to tell if you're on a super team or a dysfunctional one Why turning off notifications doesn't predict a high-performing team The meeting rule that kills any meeting without a decision to make One sneaky flaw in Google's famous study of psychological safety Why brain writing beats group brainstorming Three things that turn a group of people into a real team Chapters: (00:00) What 6,000 Workers Said About Their Teams (02:42) Productivity Can't Save You on a Broken Team (06:00) The Weak Link Theory of Teams (10:14) No Decisions? No Meeting. (21:26) Can You Have TOO MUCH Collaboration? (34:14) The Recipe for a Dysfunctional Team Links & Tools from This Episode: The ONE Thing Operating System: https://the1thing.com/os Superteams: The Science and Secrets of High-Performing Teams by Ron Friedman: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS... The Best Place to Work by Ron Friedman: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00... Ron Friedman’s Website: https://ronfriedmanphd.com/ Free Resources: https://the1thing.com/free-resources-v2