This page provides resources for use in the “Improving Team Performance” session that is part of the OPM Collaborative Management learning program.
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TPI Challenge 1: Communication Rules of Engagement
- How The Instant Messaging vs Email Battle is Shaping Workplaces
- What Email, IM, and the Phone Are Each Good For
- Book: The Hamster Revolution
- A smattering of PPT slides related to this TPI Challenge
TPI Challenge 2: Improving Remote Productivity & Virtual Meetings
- Book: Remote: Office Not Required
- Various Remote Working Tip Pages: 20 Tips, 14 Tips, 12 Tips, 10 Tips
- How to Run a Great Virtual Meeting
- A smattering of PPT slides related to this TPI Challenge
TPI Challenge 3: Creating a Knowledge Ecosystem
- From Knowledge Management to Knowledge Ecosystem
- How to Preserve Institutional Knowledge
- 3 Tools to Encourage Knowledge Sharing At Your Company
- A smattering of PPT slides related to this TPI Challenge
TPI Challenge 4: Bridging Generational Differences
- Book: When Generations Collide
- Engaging a Multi-Generational Workforce: Practical Advice for Government Managers
- Advice for Boomer Bosses on Millennial Employees, and Vice Versa
- A smattering of PPT slides related to this TPI Challenge
TPI Challenge 5: Collaboration & Camaraderie
- Book: Virtual Teams: Mastering Communication and Collaboration in the Digital Age
- Book: A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams
- Various Platforms: Slack.com, Asana.com, and others reviewed by PC Mag
- A smattering of PPT slides related to this TPI Challenge
Bonus Challenge: Group Decision Making
- Give Employees a Voice by Crowdsourcing Leadership Decisions
- Techniques: Decision Matrix and Multivoting
- Online decision making platforms: Loomio.com, IdeaScale.com, and others reviewed on a blog
- A smattering of PPT slides related to this TPI Challenge