Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1578513332 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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J. Richard Hackman is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard University.
Authoritative and astutely realistic, Leading Teams offers a new and provocative way of thinking about and leading work teams in any organizational setting.. Leading Teams is not about subscribing to a specific formula or leadership style, says Hackman. Richard Hackman, one of the world's leading experts on group and organizational behavior, argues that teams perform at their best when leaders create conditions that allow them to manage themselves effectively. Rather, it is about applying a concise set of guiding principles to each unique group situation—and doing so in the leader's own idiosyncratic way. The book offers a practical framework that leaders can use to muster personal skills and organizational resources to create and s
Based on findings and containing insights from the leading researcher on teams, Leading Teams has everything. From the Back Cover "Written with exceptional clarity and wit, and teeming with original, down-to-earth advice, Leading Teams is indispensable reading for anyone who works in teams, studies them, or wonders what makes them sink or soar." -Harvey Hornstein, Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University "This is the book I have been waiting for on team effectiveness. A gem for practitioners and researchers alike." -Chris Argyris, James B. It is engaging, highly readable, and full of practical, useful advice." -Edward Lawler, Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California, Marsh
Would not recommend. Amazon Customer Hackman could have made each point faster and much more concise. Something that should take only a few paragraphs to explain seemed to take the author many pages and often the additional content became a distraction. Often I would have to read the material more than once to determine value add. Mei Xiaochun said A nice starting point, but that's as far as it goes. I bought this book as a textbook for a course on leading teams and read it cover to cover. The Hackman model is a nice model and eye opener for anyone who has never given deep thought on team effectiveness and the border context teams are in. However more sophisticated readers may find it to b. K. Whitney said Deserves the praise. I saw this book referenced in a Harvard Business Review blog post and it was regarded as one of the "standards" by which other work is measured. So, I checked out the author and other references. All of the references treated this work the same- as the "standard".I am not disappointed. The tex