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X-Teams

How To Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, And Succeed
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X-Teams by Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman explores how dynamic teams can boost innovation and effectiveness within organisations. The book presents a framework for creating teams that operate at the intersection of internal collaboration and external engagement, highlighting strategies for reaching out beyond the organisational boundaries to gather ideas, resources, and information. Through research and real-world case studies, it offers insights into building adaptable teams that thrive in rapidly changing business environments.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in innovative leadership and team dynamics within organisations. It offers insights into how teams can stay adaptive and flexible while effectively managing external relations. Perfect for those who want to enhance their ability to lead teams that thrive in fast-paced, ever-changing business environments.

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X-Teams

Shows that traditional team models are falling short, and that what's needed - and what works - is a brand of team that emphasizes external outreach to stakeholders, extensive ties, expandable tiers, and flexible membership.

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Why do good teams fail? Very often, argue Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman, it is because they are looking inward instead of outward.

Based on years of research examining teams across many industries, Ancona and Bresman show that traditional team models are falling short. What's needed—and what works—is a new brand of team that emphasizes external outreach to stakeholders, extensive ties, expandable tiers, and flexible membership.

The authors highlight that X-Teams not only are able to adapt in ways that traditional teams aren't, but that they actually improve an organisation's ability to produce creative ideas and execute them—increasing the entrepreneurial and innovative capacity within the firm. What's more, the new environment demands what the authors call "distributed leadership," and the book highlights how X-Teams powerfully embody this idea.

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X-Teams by Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman has been described as comfortable reading. It offers excellent advice for the internal functioning of teams, according to a review.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781591396925

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 June 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard Business Review Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 243.0mm

Weight: 572g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Deborah Ancona is the Seley Distinguished Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management and the founder and former faculty director of the MIT Leadership Center. She received her PhD from Columbia University.

Henrik Bresman is a professor at INSEAD and the former faculty director of the INSEAD Global Leadership Centre. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Connect with Henrik Bresman on Twitter: @HenrikBresman and LinkedIn: linkedin.com/henrik-bresman.

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