Interactional Insights

Unpack the real dynamics that drive your teams and find out how high-performing teams achieve their goals together.

Each one of our Interactional Insights is written by an expert, has a robust foundation in academic research, and proven through industry experience.

Leadership or Teaming (and How to Get Things Done)
Dr Marc Owens Dr Marc Owens

Leadership or Teaming (and How to Get Things Done)

A boss will tell you what to do.

A leader might guide you in doing it.

A team gets it done.

In the five years I spent researching teamwork, the more I looked the more one thing became clear: leadership in practice is far less tangible than we like to think. But what was clear was how people actually work together to get things done. How problems are solved. How challenges are overcome. How ideas take shape. How progress is made.

This is teaming.

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The 5 Teamwork Mistakes You’re Making (and How to Fix Them)
Dr Marc Owens Dr Marc Owens

The 5 Teamwork Mistakes You’re Making (and How to Fix Them)

After 5 years of research and almost a decade of working across multiple sectors, including with C-Suite, I have seen the same teamwork mistakes time and time again. Sometimes it's hard to spot these mistakes in the moment, and it's only with reflection that they become clear. By taking proactive steps to use the interactional tools available to us, we can avoid these mistakes from happening in the first place. 

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Teaming: “Teamwork on the fly”
Dr Marc Owens Dr Marc Owens

Teaming: “Teamwork on the fly”

In today’s fast-moving, boundary-blurring world of work, we need a new way of thinking about teams. The answer: Teaming. Teaming is teamwork done on the fly, an agile approach to collaboration.

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