The Hidden Reason Your Team Has Stopped Improving
IMPACTFUL Teamwork · Apr 6, 2026 · 26:46
IMPACTFUL Teamwork · Apr 6, 2026 · 26:46
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This Impactful Teamwork Podcast episode, inspired by Ron Friedman’s Harvard Business Review article “How to Build a Super Team that Keeps Getting Better,” explains how top “super teams” improve over time and links the ideas to the host’s Unbridled Teamship roadmap (trust, contribution, adaptability).
Drawing on research from 6,000+ knowledge workers, it highlights that super teams manage time/energy/attention well, make one another feel better, and continually build skills. The episode focuses on seven practices: run more small experiments and reward intelligent risk-taking; model curiosity and admit what you don’t know to build psychological safety; ask “what are you stuck on?” to surface blockers; stay close to the work without micromanaging; make feedback frequent and supportive; encourage growth even when it doesn’t directly benefit the leader; and lead with meaning, not just metrics, to connect work to purpose.
00:00 Teamwork Advantage
01:24 Super Team Research
02:27 Teamship Mindset
03:55 Experiment Often
06:49 Lead With Curiosity
08:58 Name The Blockers
11:13 Lead Close To Work
13:40 Feedback That Fuels
17:37 Support Growth Beyond Roles
20:50 Purpose Over Metrics
23:01 Seven Step Recap
24:17 Design A Superpowered Team
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