{"id":20919,"date":"2013-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/matrix-monday-the-teamwork-edition\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:12:50","slug":"matrix-monday-the-teamwork-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/matrix-monday-the-teamwork-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix Monday: The &#8216;teamwork&#8217; edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Matrix articles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/matrix-monday-articles-revisited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13916\" alt=\"&quot;Matrix Monday&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Matrix_MondayD1-2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Last week we promised<\/a> that for the next few weeks our &#8216;Matrix Monday&#8217; posts (which look at some of the articles and literature related to the matrix) would be some of our own revisited.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we&#8217;ve done exactly that, and I&#8217;ve picked out four articles discussing teams and teamwork for you to enjoy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On matrix teams:<\/strong> The first is a post which first appeared on Fresh Business Thinking.com in April 2013. In this article, <a title=\"How to build effective matrix teams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/build-effective-matrix-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to build effective matrix teams<\/a>,\u00a0Kevan Hall points out that structure makes a blunt instrument when making business changes, too slow to maintain faced with the constant levels of flexibility that may be needed in future.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unnecessary teamwork:<\/strong> In this piece, Hall looks at the forms of organization that aren&#8217;t really teams, and suggests that teamwork isn&#8217;t always the answer: <a title=\"Teamwork types\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/teamwork-destroying-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Could teamwork be destroying your company?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Virtual teams:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"VTS and texting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/virtual-teams-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Can We Learn From Virtual Teams About Connecting With Our Kids?<\/a> The answer is, in a nutshell, lots!\u00a0This Huffington Post piece covers communication styles in both virtual teams and parenting &#8211; and finds some common ground.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teamwork myths:<\/strong> Nicola O\u2019Connell talks to\u00a0management guru Kevan Hall\u00a0about why teamwork isn\u2019t the management &#8216;sacred cow\u2019 that\u00a0many organizations perceive it to\u00a0be:\u00a0<a title=\"teamwork myth\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/teamwork-myth-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The teamwork myth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"title title--h4 title--purple\">Why not&#8230;..?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Find out more about <a title=\"virtual teams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/virtual-team-working\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">working in virtual teams<\/a>, <a title=\"global teams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/global-working-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">global teams <\/a>or <a title=\"matrix teams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/matrix-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">matrix teams<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>See how to <a title=\"benchmarks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/training-for-virtual-teams\/benchmarking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">benchmark team performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contact us to see how your team&#8217;s performance could be improved or to request our virtual teams white paper: there&#8217;s a handy form to the right of this page on most devices which means you can be in touch with us us whenever you like.<\/li>\n<li>Offer some feedback: I&#8217;d love to know if this way of rounding up articles for our &#8216;Matrix Monday&#8217; posts works for you! 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