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The Wisdom of Teams

Creating the High-Performance Organization
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The Wisdom of Teams by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith explores how teams can be a powerful driving force within organisations if managed effectively. The book examines real-life case studies to underline the principles of successful team formation, management, and dynamics. It also highlights the key elements that make teams effective, such as shared goals, accountability, and a collaborative spirit, offering actionable insights for fostering high-performance teams in business settings.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring how successful teams operate and what makes them thrive in business environments. It provides insights into harnessing collective wisdom and effective strategies for building high-performance teams, making it particularly appealing to those in leadership or management roles.

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The Wisdom of Teams

Teams are the key to top performance. But many companies don't have a proper understanding of how to form, organize, and utilize teams, and how teams play a key role in increasing profits, entering new markets, and coming up with new products and innovations, among many other objectives. In The Wisdom of Teams

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Teams are the key to top performance.

It's long been known that teams, more so than single individuals and large groups, are the best at solving complex problems and delivering results. Great teams enabled Motorola to build the lightest, smallest, and highest-quality cell phones before the advent of the iPhone; Ford to leverage its Taurus brand to become the world's most profitable car manufacturer; and U.S. coalition forces to claim victory in Iraq during the Gulf War.

However, many companies don't have a proper understanding of how to form, organise, and utilise teams, and how teams play a key role in increasing profits, entering new markets, and coming up with new products and innovations, among many other objectives.

In The Wisdom of Teams, authors Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith reveal the traits that make great teams great. Based on conversations with hundreds of people in more than thirty companies, they describe how teams work best and how to enhance their effectiveness.

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The Wisdom of Teams by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith receives praise for its in-depth exploration of team dynamics, offering insightful and practical guidance on building effective teams. BusinessWeek commends it as a guide to future organisational success, while the Financial Times highlights its depth and innovative advice. Readers will find it valuable for its impactful case studies and lessons, supported by the first-hand experiences of the authors.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781633691063

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 October 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard Business Review Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 552g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Jon R. Katzenbach is Founder and Senior Sponsor of the Katzenbach Center at PwC Strategy& (US) LLC. Since the 1980s, he has been recognized as a global leader and expert in leadership, teaming, and culture.

Douglas K. Smith is widely acknowledged to be among the world's leading management innovators and thinkers. His books include On Value and Values, Fumbling the Future, Make Success Measurable, and Taking Charge of Change.

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