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How to boost your team's productivity

In need of a team pick-me-up? These 6 talks will turbocharge your output -- personally and collectively.

Patrick Lencioni

Are you an ideal team player?

It's time to change the way we prepare people for success, says Patrick Lencioni. Drawing from his own observations, he makes a compelling case that, in our increasingly team-oriented world, the key to success is being humble, ambitious and smart.

First step to collaboration? Don't be so defensive!

Ever become angry and "see red"? Being defensive, as it turns out, is one of the greatest inhibitors to true collaboration. Jim Tamm shares years of experience in getting out of the red zone and cultivating a "green zone" attitude.

3 ways to measure your adaptability -- and how to improve it

When venture investor Natalie Fratto is determining which start-up founder to support, she doesn't just look for intelligence or charisma; she looks for adaptability. In this insightful talk, Fratto shares three ways to measure your "adaptability quotient" -- and shows why your ability to respond to change really matters.

How generational stereotypes hold us back at work

The Silent Generation, baby boomers, Generation X, millennials, Gen Z -- we're all in the workforce together. How are our assumptions about each other holding us back from working and communicating better? Social psychologist Leah Georges shows how we're more similar than different and offers helpful tactics for navigating the multigenerational workplace.

How to find "flow" (and lose yourself in it)

When you're enjoying yourself and time passes quickly, that is an experience known as "flow." Musician Diane Allen explains how to find your own flow and ways to design for it in order to reach your fullest potential.

How to turn a group of strangers into a team

Business school professor Amy Edmondson studies "teaming," where people come together quickly (and often temporarily) to solve new, urgent or unusual problems. Recalling stories of teamwork on the fly, such as the incredible rescue of 33 miners trapped half a mile underground in Chile in 2010, Edmondson shares the elements needed to turn a group of strangers into a quick-thinking team that can nimbly respond to challenges.

Relief to recovery

Convoy of Hope is an organization that helps people who have been impacted by disaster. They are on a mission to bring help and hope to communities that need it most through strategic planning and community collaboration.

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