Helping teams
create value

Successful teams have CLARITY, care about the RESULTS, understand their IMPACT, have valuable CONFLICTS, experience TRUST, and are RELIABLE.

The Art of Teams describes why these components are essential and how to implement them while sharing supportive tools and practices.

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The Art of Teams book

THE ART OF TEAMS

About the Book

In The Art of Teams, Ralph van Roosmalen introduces the TOTA model with six crucial components for teams to create value—based on academic research, existing models, and his 24+ years of experience.

This book is a must-read for every professional working with or in a team, like scrum masters, agile coaches, team leads, project managers, managers, and team members who want to support their teams in becoming high-performing.

Written by Ralph Van Roosmalen

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BUY BOOK
"A huge box of tools to choose from, with a helpful appendix showing what practices help with which dimensions of team health.
Lisa Crispin, Co-author of the Agile Testing books
"The book is very practical and easy to read. I specifically enjoyed the Reflection sections at the end of each chapter"

ZUZANA SOCHOVA, Agile Coach, Trainer, and Author

"The Art of Teams is a gem. The real strength of the book is how well it is rooted in research without following one school of thought"
Jutta Eckstein, Co-author of Company-wide Agility with Beyond Budgeting,
Open Space & Sociocracy
"This book is different. It’s an A to Z of teams that gives you options for creating and nourishing teams in your context."
Jason Little, Author of Lean Change Management and Change Agility

TEDx Talk

Back to the Basics of Nature to Manage Teams

In this TEDx Talk, Ralph van Roosmalen explains what you can learn from nature to help your teams create value. There are four key lessons that you can apply directly after listening to this talk!

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