Review of transforming teamwork: Cultivating collaborative cultures

Teams, especially interdisciplinary teams, are now common in integrated care settings. Many behavioral health providers and physicians will work in teams for much of their careers. Transforming Teamwork: Cultivating Collaborative Cultures is a timely publication that aims to help teams improve by offering the rationale and guidance for enhancing teams and teamwork. The book is broadly applicable to organizations that want to learn how to improve teams, including organizations with diverse, interdisciplinary team members. The authors, with backgrounds in education, leadership development, and instruction, provide practical help to leaders and team members to improve their collective efficacy and produce actionable learning. Transforming Teamwork is framed around a "triple helix" of transformational teamwork: psychological safety, constructive conflict, and actionable team learning. The book unpacks the why and how of effective teamwork, providing useful tools and techniques for groups and individuals to apply in real-world settings. Part 1 explores how psychological safety underlies transformative teamwork by allowing for open exchange of different ways of thinking among team members. Part 2 describes the important role of conflict in teamwork and how team members can cultivate productive responses to conflict. Part 3 aims to guide teams past personal biases to carefully ask questions, listen, develop coherent team knowledge, and take action. Proficiency scales throughout the book clearly illustrate what unproductive, productive, and transformative types of teamwork look like. This practical guide satisfactorily provides answers to questions about the why and how of effective teams and teamwork. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).