Team norms

When I moved from a Google sales team in New York City to a Google operations team in Boulder, Colorado several years ago, I expected to find differences in culture and team norms. But one particular practice took me by surprise. Multitasking during meetings was rampant. Everyone was so distracted. This became grossly apparent during my first presentation in my new role.

Before starting their work, teams should agree on team norms, a set of rules that shapes their interactions. Read 10 steps for establishing team norms.

After a day of long meetings, many of us stayed late in order to put the finishing touches on our classrooms. Others arrived at school earlier than usual to make sure that everything was ready to go. This is me-Finally finished setting up my classroom at ~7:00 p.m. There were other teachers still in the building when I left. That's DEDICATION (or craziness---you decide!) My Classroom-I started with Learning Centers on Day 1---more to come about that in a later post The floors gleamed with…

Think back to the best team you have ever been on. You know the one:

So often we pull teachers together to collaborate but never set norms regarding how they will interact, communicate, and learn from one another.

Group norms are often left unspoken, and they can make or break your team. Here's how to intentionally create positive group norms.

Once each month, we hold a literacy coach meeting to bring together the four literacy coaches in our district. We are each building-based, so this is often our only time to collaborate, talk, and …

Help your teams create norms they can actually use!