Wired to Connect: The Brain Science of Teams and a New Model for Creating Collaboration and Inclusion

by Britt Andreatta

Overview

Discover the surprising truth about what creates and destroys peak-performing teams.

Teams power the majority of work around the world, yet lack of effective collaboration is a leading cause of workplace failure. Dr. Britt Andreatta synthesizes the latest findings from neuroscience and what differentiates high-performing teams from the rest. Wired to Connect provides a new understanding of how unconscious bias, inclusion, trust, and purpose impact teams and how you can create the necessary conditions for true collaboration and team excellence. Whether you’re a team member or leader, in one building or in different time zones and countries, this book offers a new model and useful strategies you can implement today to consistently create peak-performing teams.

Dr. Britt Andreatta is an internationally recognized thought leader who uses her unique background in leadership, neuroscience, psychology, and education, to create ground-breaking solutions for today’s workplace and personal challenges. She has over 25 years of experience consulting with executives from all types of organizations. www.BrittAndreatta.com

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997354744
Publisher:	7th Mind Publishing
Publication date:	03/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	188
Sales rank:	801,987
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Britt Andreatta is an internationally recognized thought leader who creates brain science-based solutions for today's challenges. As CEO and President of 7th Mind, Inc., Britt Andreatta draws on her unique background in leadership, neuroscience, psychology, and learning to unlock the best in people and organizations. She has received over ten million views worldwide of her courses on Lynda.com and LinkedIn Learning. Other titles include The Neuroscience of Learning, Creating a Culture of Learning, Organizational Learning &

Table of Contents

Introduction: Finding the I in Team
Take a Learning Journey

I: The Power of Teams Today
1. The Rise of Teams
2. Teams in Trouble
3. Understanding Groups
4. Tuckman Today
5. Dysfunction Emerges
6. Collaboration, Coordination, and Cooperation
Your Learning Journey

II. The Brain Science of Groups + Teams
7. The Brain During Good Norming and Performing
8. Neural Synchrony
9. Mirror Neurons
10. Sense of We and the Rhythm of a Team
11. Team Fractals
Your Learning Journey

III. The Brain Science of Safety + Belonging
12. The Pivot Point
13. Safety on Teams
14. The Drive for Belonging
15. Impact of Age and Media
Your Learning Journey

IV. The Brain Science of Inclusion + Trust
16. Inclusion and Exclusion
17. Stages of Rejection
18. Creating Inclusion
19. Finding True Belonging
20. The Power of Trust and Purpose
Your Learning Journey

V. A New Model: The Four Gates to Peak Team Performance™
21. A New Team Model
22. The Four Gates to Peak Team Performance
23. Journeying Through the Gates
Your Learning Journey

VI. Strategies for Executives, Team Leaders + Team Members
24. Creating Gate 4 Teams
25. Strategies for Senior Leaders and Executives
26. Strategies for Team Leaders and Managers
27. Strategies for Team Members
28. Conclusion: Final Thoughts about Teams
Synthesize Your Learning Journey into Action

References + Resources

Acknowledgments: Practicing Gratitude

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

01/21/2019

Consultant Andreatta, who “creates science-based solutions for common workplace challenges,” devotes her spirited primer to the significance of work groups today, when “nearly 90% of workers say they spend one-third to one-half of each day working in teams.” These teams are frequently composed of members “from another region, or even country, thanks to technology and web-based work tools.” To underscore key points, Andreatta uses 14 case studies from successful or not-so-successful teams in workplaces both large and small. Andreatta employs simple lightbulb graphics at the end of each section to mark points in “Your Learning Journey,” declaring the importance of “engaging with concepts in a personal way.” Readers will learn about the new model for group success (“coordination, cooperation, collaboration”), the neurochemistry associated with teamwork, and the importance of mentorship. They’ll also learn about the “boosters” and “threats” that either add or drain “energy” from group efforts, and about the “4 Gates to Peak Team Performance” (namely: safety, purpose, belonging, and peak performing). Andreatta’s enthusiasm may well prove contagious for her target audience, encouraging them to apply her advice to their own workplace teams. (BookLife)

Publishers Weekly

"In this team-focused era, Andreatta's new model shows how true collaboration lives at the intersection of inclusion, purpose, and trust. Her insights in Wired to Connect will give you practical strategies for creating and maintaining high-performing teams."

-Aaron Hurst, CEO of Imperative, Author of The Purpose Economy

"Wired to Connect is an extraordinary book. Solidly grounded in the latest academic research, it manages to be immensely practical at the same time. Managers in every sector will benefit from Andreatta's new model and following her advice, using brain science to everyone's advantage."

-Dr. Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard Business School, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Author of Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy

"With a balance of compelling and timely research and practical tools, Wired to Connect offers a holistic framework for building great teams and inclusive cultures. Britt's command of today's workplace challenges makes her work a must-read for talent strategists and business leaders."

-Dr. Kelly McGill, Culture and Inclusion, Amazon

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