How to build a team

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Share this email Share this email on LinkedIn   Share this email on Twitter   Share this email on Facebook   New from McKinsey & Company   Curated by Eleni Kostopoulos   Digital Publishing Manager, New York How to build a team You can hire a group of highly skilled individuals, but if they don't operate as a cohesive team, will they drive success? Effective teams develop better strategies, perform more consistently, and increase the confidence of stakeholders. But a team can't be effective in a culture that lacks collaboration, trust, and inclusion—and that starts at the top. To build your dream team, check out these insights on improving microculture, fostering integration, and adopting "servant leader" mentality and disposition, which enhances both team performance and satisfaction, say director of research and economics Tera Allas and senior partner Bill Schaninger. Read more Author Talks: Unleash your team's full potential Bestselling author Daniel Coyle defines the essential elements that create the foundation for optimal company culture. Connection is key  Countering otherness: Fostering integration within teams Exploring our feelings of otherness can help us discover how we are the same. Build stronger bonds  Psychological safety and the critical role of leadership development While the benefits of psychological safety are well established, a new survey suggests how leaders, by developing specific skills, can create a safer and higher-performance work environment. How to lead  The boss factor: Making the world a better place through workplace relationships Businesses looking to make an external social contribution should, paradoxically, look inside: improving workers' job satisfaction could be the single most important thing they do. Change for the better  Apprenticeship gets a makeover It may sound like an outdated term, but apprenticeship remains a powerful tool in today's businesses for building skills, increasing collaboration, and retaining talent. Share the knowledge  Hybrid work: Making it fit with your diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy New research details what empowered employees love about hybrid work models and the risks to diversity, equity, and inclusion if managers get the evolving flexible workplace wrong. Meet in the middle  Author Talks: All along the S-curve Nurture individual growth and team development within your company. Encourage individual growth  MORE FROM MCKINSEY High-performing teams: A timeless leadership topic CEOs and senior executives can employ proven techniques to create top-team performance. Build your dream team  World-class teams Winning teams are tough to find—and even tougher to build. In this classic McKinsey Quarterly article from 1992, the former captain of New Zealand's mighty All Blacks rugby team, David Kirk, explains how to develop superlative performers. See the signs of greatness  Teamwork at the top Creating an effective top team starts with behavioral improvement and teamwork in leadership. Become a top team  Bookmark The McKinsey guide to managing yourself—and others for the latest insights and advice from leaders around the world on ways you can improve your personal and professional life. Follow our thinking Share these insights Did you enjoy this email? Forward it to colleagues and friends so they can subscribe too. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up for it and sample our 40+ other free email subscriptions here. McKinsey Insights - Get our latest thinking on your iPhone, iPad or Android. This email contains information about McKinsey's research, insights, services, or events. By opening our emails or clicking on links, you agree to our use of cookies and web tracking technology. For more information on how we use and protect your information, please review our privacy policy. You received this email because you subscribed to our Organization alert list. Manage subscriptions | Unsubscribe Copyright © 2022 | McKinsey & Company, 3 World Trade Center, 175 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007