June 2021
Intermediate to advanced
488 pages
12h 56m
English
People in the company now see us as a team. We get feedback that we are on the same wavelength. We respect one another. We have built the ability to align goals.
(CFO OF SEAGATE CHARLES POPE, DESCRIBING THE EFFECT OF STEVE LUCZO, THE CEO, MAKING TEAMWORK HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND HOW IT LED TO THE TURNAROUND OF THE COMPANY, QUOTED IN KELLER AND PRICE, 2011: 214)
Wageman et al (2008) and Hackman (2011a) argue that one of the six enabling conditions for effective teamwork is: ‘Put the right people on the team.’ This echoes Jim Collins’ famous phrase: ‘Get the right people on the bus’ (Collins, 2001). Not all team leaders have the privilege of building their ...
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