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X-teams : how to build teams that lead, innovate, and succeed

By: Ancona, Deborah GContributor(s): Bresman, HenrikMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2007Description: xi, 260 p. : illustrationsISBN: 9781591396925 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1591396921Subject(s): Teams in the workplaceDDC classification: 658.4092 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online

Contents:

Into a downward spiral -- A changing world -- X-team principle 1 -- X-team principle 2 -- X-team principle 3 -- X-factors -- Tools for X-teams -- Crafting an infrastructure for innovation -- X-Teams.

Summary: Why do good teams fail? Very often, argue Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman, it is because they are looking inward instead of outward. Based on years of research examining teams across many industries, Ancona and Bresman show that traditional team models are falling short, and that whats needed--and what works--is a new brand of team that emphasizes external outreach to stakeholders, extensive ties, expandable tiers, and flexible membership. The authors highlight that X-teams not only are able to adapt in ways that traditional teams arent, but that they actually improve an organizations ability to produce creative ideas and execute them increasing the entrepreneurial and innovative capacity within the firm. Whats more, the new environment demands what the authors call distributed leadership, and the book highlights how X-teams powerfully embody this idea.

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Into a downward spiral --
A changing world --
X-team principle 1 --
X-team principle 2 --
X-team principle 3 --
X-factors --
Tools for X-teams --
Crafting an infrastructure for innovation --
X-Teams.

Why do good teams fail? Very often, argue Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman, it is because they are looking inward instead of outward. Based on years of research examining teams across many industries, Ancona and Bresman show that traditional team models are falling short, and that whats needed--and what works--is a new brand of team that emphasizes external outreach to stakeholders, extensive ties, expandable tiers, and flexible membership.

The authors highlight that X-teams not only are able to adapt in ways that traditional teams arent, but that they actually improve an organizations ability to produce creative ideas and execute them increasing the entrepreneurial and innovative capacity within the firm. Whats more, the new environment demands what the authors call distributed leadership, and the book highlights how X-teams powerfully embody this idea.

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