Efficient Team - 5 Golden Rules to Lead Your Team to Success

Author: J. Richard Hackman
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
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Q: How do excellent leaders create conditions to improve team efficiency?
A: Do everything possible. This short exchange implies many rules for team efficiency; is your team just a nameless combination of individuals? Does it have a clear and attractive direction? Is the team structure promoting or hindering team work? Are there the support and resources the team needs at work? Has the team received sufficient expert guidance to help members overcome difficulties and seize emerging opportunities? This book summarizes the ways leaders can structure, support, and guide teams: improving the social processes essential for collaborative work; making shared commitments, developing skills, and formulating coordination plans suitable for tasks; helping team members mediate conflicts and discover sudden opportunities; gaining experience and transforming it into shared knowledge. Hackman demonstrates that as long as these conditions are met, an ideal team will emerge—one that not only exceeds customer expectations but also continuously improves in efficiency over time. This book is not only authoritative and practical but also offers a fresh and thought-provoking approach to leading teams.