Teams at the top : unleashing the potential of both teams and individual leaders af Jon R. Katzenbach (Bog)

It is common knowledge that CEOs declare their direct reports as a team at the top. Yet with a culture of individual accountability and self-reliance pervading executive suites, few management groups ever function as real teams. Now, in a natural follow-up to his bestselling "The Wisdom of Teams", Jon Katzenbach offers practical guidelines for increasing leadership capacity at the highest executive levels. He shows how even the strongest and most successful CEO can improve a company's performance by turning the senior executive group into a real team - without sacrificing each member's individual leadership capabilities. "Teams at the Top" explains how to recognize when a team effort at the management level is preferable and when a work group under single leadership will do. Then, the book shows how to develop the capability to shift into whichever mode is appropriate. With stories and examples from well-known companies including Avon, Ben & Jerry's, Citicorp, and Clorox, "Teams at the Top" will help companies of all sizes and in all industries maximize the full potential of their leadership.

Sprog: Engelsk
Forlag: Harvard Business School Press
Udgivelsesår: 1998
Summary: Teams at the Top shows how even the strongest and most successful CEO can improve the performance of various leadership groupings by enabling senior executives and next-level leaders to function as real teams as well as single-leader units - all without sacrificing each member's individual leadership capabilities and results. Teams at the Top explains how to recognize when a team effort at the upper management level is preferable and when a working group under single leadership fits best. Then, the book demonstrates how to develop the capability to shift into whichever mode is appropriate to the task at hand, integrating the discipline required for real teams with the discipline needed for executive leadership without compromising one in favor of the other
Titel: Teams at the top : unleashing the potential of both teams and individual leaders
Forfatter: Jon R. Katzenbach

Sammendrag: Now, the co-author of the runaway bestseller The Wisdom of Teams explodes these and other time-honored maxims as he demonstrates how top executives can use real teams in the right places—at the top—to improve company performance.
Type: Hardcover