“The Discipline of Teams,”

Most teams perform below what their members could manage separately, which is the problem this Harvard Business Review selection takes on. Ten articles from the HBR archive address how groups are assembled and steered: mutual accountability as the mechanism that lifts performance, motivating large and diverse groups through complicated projects, raising the emotional intelligence of a team, breaking decision deadlock, and getting results out of a roomful of strong individual performers. Jon Katzenbach, Teresa Amabile and Tamara Erickson are among the contributors, and there is direct attention to arguing productively with senior colleagues. Notes for the shelf: • Ten selected articles on building and leading effective teams • Contributors including Jon Katzenbach and Teresa Amabile • Covers accountability, deadlock and team emotional intelligence • Addresses managing high-performing individuals within a group For team leaders, project managers, executives and students of organisational behaviour. Stocked by Boipoka.