This podcast episode of Work and Life is a conversation between host Stew Friedman and Dr. Stephanie Creary from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School about building inclusion and equity on teams.

The website includes an extensive library of virtual, hybrid, and in-person activities (ranging from 10 minutes to 30 minutes) that foster connection and team-building by leveraging key psychological principles that drive social belonging as well as a free video series.

SAFE @ Berkeley Lab is an interactive experience that puts leaders and managers into “real life” managerial scenarios and coaches them to understand how to build a strong culture of psychological and physical safety with their teams. 

Virtual Connection Labs model and teach how to facilitate connection exercises on your teams. The workshops are 75-min and cost between $15-25. The exercises you’ll learn in Virtual Connection Labs can be applied in a wide array of events, workshops and programs. They are adaptable to various themes, group sizes and outcomes.

Hybrid Team Agreements

Use this template in a meeting or in 1:1's with your team to develop work agreements for a hybrid team. 

The Eisenhower Matrix is a simple decision-making and prioritization tool that you can use individually or on your teams to create clarity about workflow, priorities, and next steps on a regular basis. 

This prioritization tool, called the Decision Matrix, is an extension of the Eisenhower Matrix and can be used to distinguish consequential decisions/actions from inconsequential ones.

The SWOT Analysis framework is a key tool for team and organizational strategic planning, and can be used in a myriad of ways to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that are internal and external to the team.

Berkeley Lab's Performance Management Website provides tools to assist in the ongoing, collaborative performance management process between managers and employees, including resources to effectively build relationships, set expectations and goals, give and receive feedback and discuss professional development needs and career aspirations.

Gartner's 5 Steps to Setting Annual Performance Goals is a resource that managers can use as they work with direct reports to build performance plans and set performance goals.

Gartner's Five Conversations Framework can be used by managers to promote dialogue, increase positivity , and build better relationships with their direct reports.

This Gartner Manager Guide on Understanding Employee Motivators can be used to better understand team motivations and use these insights to evolve managerial coaching practices.

This Berkeley Lab Recommended Coaches List provides a constantly-updated list of coaches who specialize in a variety of topic areas, including communications, performance, and leadership development. Managers may reach out to coaches for themselves or their team members.