The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization

ISBN: 0875843670

Author: Katzenbach, Jon R.

Condition: New

Teams -- the key to top performanceMotorola 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 companys goal of producing half of each years revenues from the previous five years innovations. Kodaks 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 dont 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 successWho excels at team leadership ... and why they are rarely the most senior peopleWhy companywide change depends on teams ... and moreComprehensive and proven effective, The Wisdom of Teams is the classic primer on making teams a powerful tool for success in todays global marketplace.