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With your host, Pete McChitis. Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 129 with Ben Brat.

Ben knows a whole lot about what makes teams great and he shares with us one the

16 variables of a great team,

two, why 80% of the teams you're on are not effective

and what to do about it, and three,

an approach to creating an open discussion of the key strengths and weaknesses of your team.

So if you'd like to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items mentioned here,

you'll find that over at awesome at your job.com slash epp one two nine and I recommend hanging out

at awesome at your job dot com for a moment check out some of the cool stuff from

the 10 days to winning at work email course to the gold nugget email summaries from each of our guests the summary wisdom from them in a quick email

So here's a quick story about Ben Bennett Brat's passion is engaging teams and transforming people-related systems.

In his current role as the principal and founder of the Team Effectiveness Project, Ben's

quest is to unlock the true power of teams, leaders, and communities.

His team elements approach helps teams demystify their team experience and take positive ownership

for the current situation and path forward in a truly inclusive way.

Over 20 years, Ben gained global experience and broad leadership expertise at T-Mobile, Sun Microsystems,

Ford Motor Company, and Silicon Valley Startup Company, Model E.

He earned graduate degrees in political science from Tulane University and in counseling from Michigan State University.

Here's Ben. Ben,

Ben, thanks so much for joining us here on the How to Be Awesome at your Job Podcast.

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