Virtuoso Teams: Lessons from teams that changed their worlds

by Boynton, Andy; Fischer, Bill

• ISBN13: 9780273702184
• ISBN10: 0273702181
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: FT Press

Summary

WithVirtuoso Teamsyou can transform any enterprise. This is a book about effectively managing and leading teams that are catalysts for big change and breakthrough performances.Whether you're launching an innovative new product or service, entering into challenging new markets or simply trying to transform the way you operate,Virtuoso Teamscan make the difference between achieving remarkable success, or just another modest result. Teams is a steady area in business, but there is nothing out there with this kind of punch or invention. The case studies are absolutely fascinating and take center stage. While the primary market will be executives and managers who assemble teams (and the team members themselves) the tertiary market will be serial business book buyers who can't believe they can have a book with such fabulous and wide-ranging stories. The stories of the great teams are unbroken by commentary. The authors weigh in with the management commentary and tips at the end of each chapter, and provide readers with questions that get readers thinking about the steps they need to take to build VT's. The authors are consultants and Professors at one of the world's finest executive education centres: IMD in Switzerland.

Author Biography

Bill Fischer is Professor of Technology Management at IMD, and has been executive president and dean of the China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS), in Shanghai, China.

Table of Contents

Publisher's

Acknowledgements

Authors' acknowledgements

Unleash the talent of virtuoso teams: Managing and leading a very special kind of team

Stretch the customer, stretch ourselves: The impolite team behind West Side Story

The critical ingredients for critical mass: Using time pressure to trigger talent in the Manhattan Project

Drive change inside and outside the team: Creating revolution on demand in Thomas Edison & #146;s invention factory

Go faster by knowing more: Roald Amundsen & #146;s team learns its way to polar success

Deliver great results, week by week: Balancing freedom with direction under Sid Caesar & #146;s leadership

Lead talent with trust: Miles Davis creates serial innovation through listening and improvisation

Hot teams in a cold climate: Norsk Hydro breaks the rules for a fast recovery in the face of adversity

A how-to guide

Three examples of DeepDive agendas

Sample of materials used in a DeepDive

Index

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