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The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization (Collins Business Essentials) (Paperback)
by Jon R. Katzenbach , Douglas K. Smith
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Team development, Team effectiveness, Performance, Organization development |
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Based on solid research, this book is a great framework for team development and support. |
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Author: Jon R. Katzenbach , Douglas K. Smith
Publisher: Collins Business
Pub. in: February, 2003
ISBN: 0060522003
Pages: 352
Measurements: 8 x 5.4 x 1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01497
Other information: 978-0060522001
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- Awards & Credential -
A well-known book on team development and a National Bestseller in North America. |
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What's nice about Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith's book is their willingness to name the truth. They know that everyone pays lip service to teams, but few people act like they truly value teams - and fewer still actually know how teams really work. The authors point out where the hype lies and what it is hiding. Then they go a step farther. They provide a manual for creating what executives say they want: high-performance teams. They illustrate their suggestions, insights and guidelines with a lot of stories of real-world teams, focusing on what makes them work. Their rules are so clear that they leave little room for protecting any cherished illusions. As a result, we find that those readers who are willing to act upon the book's counsel will get the most from it. If you're seriously interested in diagnosing nonperforming teams and creating ones that perform, you'll enjoy this book. And, if you think you're already doing everything right, but your team mysteriously just isn't working... this may solve the puzzle.
(From quoting Rolf Dobelli, Switzerland)
Target readers:
Executives, managers, government and nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, team leaders, HR professionals and MBAs.
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Jon R. Katzenbach is a founder of Katzenbach Partners, consultants in the areas of team, leadership, and workforce performance. His published works include Real Change Leaders, Teams at the Top, The Work of Teams, and Peak Performance. Mr. Katzenbach and Mr. Smith are both formerly of McKinsey & Company.
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From publisher
Teams - the key to top performance Motorola relied heavily on teams to surpass its competition in building the lightest, smallest, and highest-quality cell phones. At 3M, teams are critical to meeting the company's goal of producing half of each year's revenues from the previous five years' innovations. Kodak's Zebra Team proved the worth of black-and-white film manufacturing in a world where color is king.
But many companies overtook the potential of teams in turning around tagging profits, entering new markets, and making exciting innovations happen - because they don't know how to utilize teams successfully. Authors Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith talked with hundreds of people in more than thirty companies to find out where and how teams work best and how to enhance their effectiveness. They reveal:
- The most important element in team success
- Who excels at team leadership... and why they are rarely the most senior people
- Why companywide change depends on teams ... and more
Comprehensive and proven effective, The Wisdom of Teams is the classic primer on making teams a powerful tool for success in today's global marketplace.
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Senator Bill Bradley (MSL quoted), USA
<2008-10-06 00:00>
The Wisdom of Teams captures the power and vision of what great business teams can accomplish. Its stories and lessons should be read and learned.
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John Byrne (MSL quoted), USA
<2008-10-06 00:00>
A thoughtful and well-written book filled with fascinating examples... You will be hard-pressed to find a better guide to the essential building block of the organization of the future.
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Financial Times (MSL quoted), USA
<2008-10-06 00:00>
An unusually thorough study of teams...As well as challenging much conventional wisdom about teams, the book is full of advice about how to organize proper-and properly effective-teams.
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Harvey Golub (MSL quoted), USA
<2008-10-06 00:00>
Teams at any level in the organization make all the difference to performance. This book describes, with inescapable clarity, the discipline necessary for both teams and performance. |
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