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Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances
“The conditions that foster team effectiveness are simple and seemingly straightforward to put in place. Yet, as we have seen, creating these simple conditions can be a daunting undertaking in many work organizations, something that cannot be accomplished either as an “add on” or as a one-step transition to utopia.” J. Richard Hackman lays out five conditions necessary for successful teamwork: The team must be a real team, rather than a team in name only; it has compelling direction for its work; it has an enabling structure that facilitates teamwork; it operates within a supportive organizational context; and it has expert teamwork coaching.
Tagged: Book / Leading Teams By: J. Richard Hackman
Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet
“Or the craftsman who believes in using only the finest materials, but who is instructed by his contractor to use inferior materials, which are unlikely to be detected by trusting purchasers and which will half the production costs. At such critical times, we suggest, thoughtful practitioners should consider three basic issues: mission—the defining features of the profession in which they are engaged; standards—the established "best practices" of a profession; and identity—their personal integrity and values.”
Tagged: / Good Work By: Gardner, Csikszentmihalyi, Damon
Leading Quietly
“The three most common problems we have encountered are these. First, failing to be clear enough about who is on the team and failing to provide enough stability of membership so that members can learn how best to work together. Second, failing to provide a clear, challenging, and consequential direction for the team. Third, composing teams that are too large and too homogeneous in membership. My rule of thumb is that no work team should have membership in the double digits (and my preferred size is six), since our research has shown that the number of performance problems a team encounters increases exponentially as team size increases.”
Tagged: Book / Leading Quietly By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
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