The Wisdom of Teams

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"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." —John Byrne, Business Week
"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." —Financial Times
"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." —Harvey Golub, CEO, American Express Company
"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."
—Senator Bill Bradley
"This book offers valuable advice in the fine art of building teams for high performance results. . . . The authors provide real and disguised examples . . . along... Tovább

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"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." —John Byrne, Business Week
"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." —Financial Times
"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." —Harvey Golub, CEO, American Express Company
"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."
—Senator Bill Bradley
"This book offers valuable advice in the fine art of building teams for high performance results. . . . The authors provide real and disguised examples . . . along with specific recommendations . . . and offer useful ideas for balancing work responsibilities, executive egos, communications, and skills."
—Industry Week
JON R. KATZENBACH has been with McKinsey & Company, Inc., for more than three decades, and is considered to be one of the firm's leading thinkers on issues of organization and performance. DOUGLAS K. SMITH is a leading commentator and consultant on organization performance and change who has also coauthored two previous books: Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented and Then Ignored the First Personal Computer and Sources of the African Past. Vissza