 This paper provides an overview of the University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research's efforts to support translational teams through the use of a collaboration planning intervention. The authors adapted existing materials on the science of team science, SCITS, to create a 90-minute facilitated session designed to help teams identify and address key issues related to team functioning. 39 teams participated in the sessions which revealed that teams had difficulty knowing whom to invite, that some of the questions were confusing and too grounded in the language of SCITS, and that teams lacked plans for managing their information and communications. The authors also identified several areas for improvement, such as providing flexibility to accommodate the needs of different teams, continuously evolving the questions to better resonate with teams, and providing resources for areas where teams needed additional guidance, such as information and data management, authorship policies and conflict management. With further development and testing, this intervention could be used to support translational teams in developing strong team dynamics and team functioning. This article was offered by Betsy Rowland, Linda Scholl, Sinoff Suryanarayanan and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.