Author Archives: Ana Erkic
About Ana Erkic
Chapter 1
Team Communication Hub
What you'll learn
Everything you need to know about the importance of team communication, skills of excellent communicators, and other actionable information that will help you communicate better.
22 resources
- Team communication fundamentals
- What is good team communication and why is it important
- Types of communication
- Communication situations at work
- Channels of communication
- Communication styles
- Improve communication with your team
- Internal communication planning (+ templates)
- How to improve team communication
- How to improve work-from-home team communication
- The 29 communication skills of effective communicators
- The barriers to effective communication
- 13 steps for effective communication
- Workplace communication statistics (2021)
- Additional materials for better team communication Coming soon
- 45+ Best team communication quotes
- 40+ best team-building games for improving communication
- 28 Best team communication tools for business
- Statistics on emoji use in internal communication
- Making a crisis communication plan (+ crisis communication templates)
- A beginner’s guide to business communication
- 28 Internal communication message templates and worksheets
Chapter 2
Team Collaboration Hub
What you'll learn
Everything you need to know about the importance of team collaboration, from the fundamental traits of collaborative teams to the benefits and challenges of collaborative work.
23 resources
- Team collaboration fundamentals
- What is team collaboration and why it matters?
- Key elements of (good) team collaboration
- Benefits of team collaboration
- Teamwork vs. collaboration: Key differences
- Types of team collaboration
- Defining traits of productive teams
- Collaboration as a skill
- Pros and cons of collaborative work
- Improve effectiveness in team communication
- Prerequisites for team collaboration
- How to enable team collaboration
- What makes teams perform poorly
- Best practices for productive team collaboration
- Obstacles to successful collaboration
- Resolving conflicts in teams
- The function of team roles in the collaborative process
- 5 strategies for effective team collaboration
- Different types of teams and how they collaborate
- Collaboration metrics: how to measure collaboration in a team
- Cross-functional collaboration: what it is and how to improve it
- Collaboration technology: the software to use to improve team collaboration
- Fostering teamwork and collaboration through 4 stages of group development
Chapter 3
Team Communication Fundamentals
What you'll learn
How efficient team communication correlates with high team productivity, easier decision making, better problem solving, increased creativity, improved employee engagement, and easier conflict resolution.
Chapter 4
Improving Team Communication
What you'll learn
How you can plan and assess communication in the workplace, how managers can improve communication with their teams, and how employees can improve communication with their managers.
Chapter 5
Improving Communication Effectiveness
What you'll learn
What communication skills effective communicators have, what are the barriers to effective communication that stop you and your teammates from reaching your full potential, and what are the steps for effective communication.
Chapter 6
Additional Materials
What you'll learn
Ready-made templates, fun activities designed to help you improve team communication, and supplementary collections you can use to improve team communication.
6 resources
- Workplace communication statistics (2021)
- 45+ Best team communication quotes
- 40+ best team-building games for improving communication
- Statistics on emoji use in internal communication
- Making a crisis communication plan (+ crisis communication templates)
- 28 Internal communication message templates and worksheets
Chapter 7
Team Collaboration Fundamentals
What you'll learn
Everything you need to know about characteristics of highly collaborative teams, different models and types of collaboration, the pitfalls of doing it wrong, and the benefits of doing it right.
8 resources
Chapter 8
Enabling Team Collaboration
What you'll learn
What are prerequisites to quality collaboration, common obstacles and challenges in the collaborative process, the paths towards overcoming them, different roles on collaborative teams, and the importance of communication.
8 resources
- Prerequisites for team collaboration
- What makes teams perform poorly
- Best practices for productive team collaboration
- Obstacles to successful collaboration
- Resolving conflicts in teams
- The function of team roles in the collaborative process
- 5 strategies for effective team collaboration
- Different types of teams and how they collaborate
Chapter 9
Improving Team Collaboration
What you'll learn
An overview of different techniques and strategies that help teams perform and collaborate better, from promoting collaboration to increasing team efficiency.
Chapter 10
Remote Team Collaboration
What you'll learn
Specific nature of remote teams and how it applies to the collaborative process, from the psychological aspects of remote work to the technology that enables remote collaboration.
0 resources
Chapter 11
Pumble Resources
What you'll learn
Tips and tracking on how to best use Pumble to chat with your team, organize communication, and improve productivity.
Chapter 12
Getting Started with Pumble
What you'll learn
How to get set up in Pumble and start your team collaboration successfully.
1 resource
Chapter 13
Pumble for Business
What you'll learn
Speed up communication and work more securely with external partners, vendors and people outside your company.
Chapter 14
Pumble Tips
What you'll learn
Tips, tricks, and small hacks on how to get the most out of Pumble and communicate more efficiently.
