Assemble Diverse Teams

Definition: Engage individuals with diverse skills and viewpoints to build highly functional teams. Example: Select participants according to worldview and experience rather than job title.

Relates to:

SKILL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

ONLINE RESOURCES

How to Assemble a Winning, Diverse Team
Assemble a Diverse Team to Succeed
Institute for Diversity and Health Equity Resource Center

BOOKS

Harvard Business Review on Building Better Teams
Leading With Cultural Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success

COURSE, WORKSHOP, OR SEMINAR

Managing Diverse Teams
 

TOOL RESOURCES

Tools to support this skill may include:

Learning Styles Inventory: Kolb - Learning Styles
Outside Viewpoints: Groupthink: 7 Tips to Avoid Disastrous Decisions
Outside Viewpoints: Nurse Leader Insight: Avoiding Group Think
Tenth Person Thinking: Save Your Company from the Undead with a 10th Man Business Strategy