The Wisdom of Teams

Creating the High-Performance Organization

Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas Smith

292 pages, parution le 12/12/2005

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THE WISDOM OF TEAMS includes stories and case examples taken from the real world. It shows why teams will be the primary building blocks of company performance in the future.

Teams are the key to improving performance in all kinds of organizations. Yet today's business leaders consistently overlook opportunities to exploit their potential, confusing teams with teamwork, empowerment, or participative management. It argues that we cannot meet the challenges ahead, from innovation to quality customer service, without teams.

The authors talked to many different teams to discover what differentiates various levels of team performance, where and how teams work best, and how to enhance their effectiveness.

THEIR KEY FINDINGS INCLUDE:

commitment to performance goals and common purpose is more important to team success than team-building
opportunities for teams exist in all parts of the organisation; informal hierarchy is actually good for teams and vice versa
successful team leaders do not fit an ideal profile and are not necessarily the most senior people on the team
real teams are the most common characteristics of successful change efforts at all levels
top management teams are often smaller and more difficult to maintain
performance potential of teams is largely unrecognized and underutilised

L'auteur - Jon R. Katzenbach

Jon R. Katzenbach is director of McKinsey & Company in Dallas, specializing in strategy, organization performance, leadership, and change for business and non-profit institutions. He is author of TEAMS AT THE TOP and co-author of REAL CHANGE LEADERS. He is currently leading a major research effort co-sponsored by The Conference Board on how the better companies create higher performance.

L'auteur - Douglas Smith

Douglas K. Smith is a consultant and writer concerned with organization performance and change. He works with leading organizations that span the spectrum non profit-making, profit-making and governments. He is co-creator of the 'horizontal organization' and author of TAKING CHARGE OF CHANGE and MANAGING PERFORMANCE.

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Acknowledgments
Prologue: A Note About What to Expect
Understanding Teams
Becoming a Team
Exploiting the Potential
Epilogue: A Call to Action
Appendix: Teams Researched for Book
Selected Readings
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Harvard Business School Press (HBS)
Auteur(s)	Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas Smith
Parution	12/12/2005
Nb. de pages	292
Format	15 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	486g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780077111687
ISBN13	978-0-07-711168-7