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X-Teams: How To Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, And Succeed
Deborah Ancona
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Description for X-Teams: How To Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, And Succeed
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
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, and that 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 organization's ability to produce creative ideas ... Read more
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, and that 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 organization's ability to produce creative ideas ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781591396925
SKU
V9781591396925
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About Deborah Ancona
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 ... Read more
Reviews for X-Teams: How To Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, And Succeed
"!comfortable reading!has some excellent advice for internal functioning of teams." Globe & Mail 20070926