The Collaboration Tune-Up Toolkit: Quick Fixes to Boost Team Performance

The Collaboration Tune-Up Toolkit helps you identify the specific dysfunctions getting in your team's way, run a short pilot to address them, and buy back time without a big organizational overhaul.

What’s included:

• Introductory Handbook (PDF)
  Review this guide for step-by-step instructions to the toolkit and links to additional resources.


• Collaboration Tune-Up Video
  Rob Cross explains the research behind precision collaboration and introduces the six most common dysfunction patterns.


• Facilitator Coaching Guide (PowerPoint deck)
  This document offers guidance for setting up the team session and keeping your experiment on track.


• Team Tune-Up Session + Participant Deck (PowerPoint deck)
  This guided activity helps your team diagnose collaboration dysfunctions together. The outcome: a small, time-boxed experiment with clear owners, success signals, and a simple way for team members to check back in and adjust as needed.


• Collaboration Overload Self-Assessment (PDF)
  This practical tool identifies where overload is stealing your time and helps you build a focused buy-back plan you can implement in the next six weeks.


• Bonus MIT SMR Articles (PDFs)
  This foundational reading describes the six collaboration dysfunctions and how to address them, and offers creative suggestions to transform collaborative activities.