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Teams That Learn,
Leaders Who Transform

A systemic playbook for creating the conditions for learning, trust and sustainable performance in teams — built on the dynamic model of group learning I developed in my doctoral thesis.

What is in the chapter See the method

Teams That Learn

Leaders Who Transform

Elaine Lizeo

01 How to use it

Three ways to read it, all of them legitimate.

02 How each chapter works

Eleven blocks, always in the same order.

The structure repeats on purpose. Once you know where to find the practical tool and the experiment, the book stops being reading and becomes an instrument of work.

  1. 01 The core idea
  2. 02 Why it matters
  3. 03 How it shows up day to day
  4. 04 How the dynamic works
  5. 05 Warning signs
  6. 06 Diagnostic questions
  7. 07 The role of the leader and the team
  8. 08 Practical tool
  9. 09 Seven-day experiment
  10. 10 What to watch for over time
  11. 11 In essence
03 Contents

Seven parts, twenty-two chapters.

Parts 1 and 2 are written and are the basis of the chapter you receive. The rest are in production.

the firm crease is what is already written
  1. Part 1 written

    The map of the system

    1. · Team, learning and effectiveness
    2. · How the system works
    3. · The central cycle of learning
  2. Part 2 written

    Conditions that make learning possible

    1. · Team design
    2. · Task design and the context of work
    3. · Culture, recognition and incentives
  3. Part 3 in production

    Leadership inside the system

    1. · The leader as part of the dynamic
    2. · Coaching, autonomy and accountability
    3. · Leadership patterns and their systemic effects
  4. Part 4 in production

    The interpersonal base of learning

    1. · Relationships of trust
    2. · Psychological safety
    3. · Dissent, conflict and silence
  5. Part 5 in production

    The cognitive base of collective learning

    1. · Mental models
    2. · From individual perception to shared understanding
    3. · Conversations that help a team think better
  6. Part 6 in production

    Dynamics that produce or block performance

    1. · Virtuous circles
    2. · Vicious circles
    3. · When performance deceives
    4. · Sustainable performance
  7. Part 7 in production

    From reading to intervention

    1. · Integrated diagnosis
    2. · Prioritising the levers
    3. · 30–60–90 day action plan
04 Coming soon

The first chapter is being written.

It is not ready yet, so I will not ask for your email for a delivery I do not have. When it is out, it will be here — and it will be free.

What is in it

  • A snapshot of team effectiveness — a self-assessment across five dimensions: performance, satisfaction, improvement, learning and sustainability.
  • A simple map of the dynamic — eight fields for finding your team’s point of leverage.
  • A seven-day experiment — what to do on Monday and what to watch for by Friday.

Who it is for

  • · Leaders who want teams that are more autonomous, collaborative and able to learn
  • · Team members who want to understand their own dynamic
  • · HR and organisational development professionals
  • · Consultants, mentors and facilitators
  • · Organisations seeking to reconcile results, learning, innovation and sustainability

Under construction

Three lines written, one half-finished and the rest still blank. That is roughly the state of it.

In the meantime, the free assessment already uses the same five dimensions as the chapter.

Take the assessment