Different team members have different knowledge, skills, and abilities—not to mention different tasks. Team members need to know how their experience and their assignments fit into the larger whole. They need to know who knows what, but also how to approach each person with requests for help—or offers of help. Teams work best when they understand

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- Lower the barriers to communication ○ Elect tools that encourage easy communication and transparency § Slack § Zoom § Figma - Make shared objectives explicit ○ Common cause is the glue that binds a team together ○ Before launching your team, start by specifying the why § 2 months: ask "what should our team accomplish in two months?" □ Encourage... See more

- Onsite team: a physical office space where all teams work - Remote, co-located, or 2nd office: small number of employees with similar skills committed to common performance goals working - Distributed teams (virtual teams): group of employees who are geographically dispersed with no physical officeBest practices for hiring a remote team - Find an... See more