• actually I have seen ( been part of ) some good team training at work ( I'm not actually convinced it produced the desired effect, however&nbsp and I've carefully kept the details just in case!

    Communication is always the key, something which is sometimes seen as bad - hence the IT silo approach. I'm not sure about talking to managers about team skills , especially if it can be taken as criticism, I sometimes think employees , as against contractors/freelancers, are much more constrained - worries about pension, holidays, propects, appraisals, bonus etc. etc.

    Whilst I might agree team/management skills can be easily defined and taught, learning and /or adopting them is another matter.

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