10+ Best Articles on Team Building
The most useful articles on team building from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Team Building Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on team building by Refind users in 2023.
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How to build social connection in a remote team
Virtual team building is tough. Here are 7 ways you can build social connection in a remote team, even from afar. I’ll be shocked if you’re shocked: Building social connection in a remote team is t…
«“fostering a sense of connection without a shared location” was seen as the #1 most difficult part of being a remote manager – and the #1 most difficult part of working remotely, in general.»
How to Make Sure Your Virtual Offsite Doesn’t Suck—The Agenda and Team Meeting Tips You Need
Advice for planning your startup's virtual team meeting, from the offsite agenda to the team building activities to try.
How to build a growth team - lessons from Uber, Hubspot, and others (50 slides)
Dear readers, Building a new growth team is hard. You have to figure out the macro organizational issues – how it fits in with marketing, product, and other functions – as well as the micro, like how…
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on team building—all under 10 minutes.
On the team as a system
How humans work together to build software
«everything we’re working on in tech now like lean, kanban, kaizen, agile, etc, are things that car companies have already been working on and proving out for decades.»
4 Lessons for Building Diverse Teams
Stop hiring the same kinds of people over and over again.
«Safe thinking won’t change the world, but diverse thinking can.»
5 Effective Tips for Building a Good Team
Having the right team is the x-factor to success. Follow these five methods when building your team.
The Key to Building a Successful Remote Organization? Data.
Think of it as a common language for distributed teams.
9 commandments of building a strong remote team culture
Founder of Indiez.io joins us to share the pillars of building a great remote team culture based on his own trials and errors scaling a fully remote team.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on team building.
The Principles of Quantum Team Management
Instagram Head of Engineering James Everingham walks us through a different approach to management, drawing on science and machine-building.
Team Building: 3 Activities to Jumpstart Your Team
3 easy activities and a slide deck to build a cohesive team
No Dickheads! A Guide To Building Happy, Healthy, And Creative Teams.
There is a perpetuated myth within design that a single visionary builds great products. Rubbish. Great teams build great products…
The 25 best icebreaker questions for team-building at work
Our most popular get-to-know-you questions for work, based on four years of data.
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