The Wisdom of Teams

by Katzenbach, Jon R.

• ISBN13: 9780060522001
• ISBN10: 0060522003
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-14
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

The importance of teams has become a cliche of modern business theory, but few have a clear idea of what it means.

In this new edition of their best-selling primer, Katzenbach and Smith try to impart some analytical rigor to the concept.

This book is the result of research into why teams are important, what separates effective from ineffective teams, and how organizations can tap the effectiveness of teams to become high-performance organizations.

Liberally citing research efforts in 47 specific organizations, Katzenbach and Smith share their insights into what makes teams work.

Author Biography

Jon R. Katzenbach is a founder of Katzenbach Partners, consultants in the areas of team, leadership, and workforce performance.

Table of Contents

Authors' Note	p. i
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: What We Have Learned	p. xiii
Prologue: A Note About What to Expect	p. 1
Understanding Teams	p. 9
Why Teams?	p. 11
One Team: A Story of Performance	p. 27
Team Basics: A Working Definition and Discipline	p. 43
High-Performance Teams: Very Useful Models	p. 65
Becoming A Team	p. 85
The Team Performance Curve	p. 87
Moving up the Curve: From Individual to Team Performance	p. 109
Team Leaders	p. 130
Teams, Obstacles, and Endings: Getting Unstuck	p. 149
Exploiting the Potential	p. 173
Teams and Performance: The Reinforcing Cycle	p. 175
Teams and Major Change: An Inevitable Combination	p. 195
Team Performance at the Top: A Difficult Challenge	p. 212
Top Management's Role: Leading to the High-Performance Organization	p. 239
Epilogue: A Call to Action	p. 259
The Teams Question and Answer Guide	p. 267
Teams Researched for Book	p. 297
Selected Readings	p. 305
Index	p. 308
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