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Most teams underperform. Yours can beat the odds.
If you read (or listen) to nothing else on building better teams, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you assemble and steer teams that get results.
Leading experts such as Jon Katzenbach, Teresa Amabile, and Tamara Erickson provide the insights and advice you need to: boost team performance through mutual accountability; motivate large, diverse groups to tackle complex projects; increase your teams' emotional intelligence; prevent decision deadlock; extract results from a bunch of touchy superstars; and fight constructively with top-management colleagues.
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About the Authors
Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, eleven internationally licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.
Kathleen M. Eisenhardt is a professor of strategy and organization at Stanford University. She is widely known for her work on strategy, strategic decision making, and innovation in rapidly changing and highly competitive markets. She is coauthor, with Shona L. Brown, of the book Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos. She has been the recipient of numerous awards for both her research and her teaching and serves as the associate director of the Stanford Computer Industry Project (SCIP). She is a fellow of the Academy of Management and president of the OMT Division of the Academy.
Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, eleven internationally licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.
About Susan Larkin
Kevin Stillwell is an actor, voice talent, and Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. His film and television credits include Looper and Drop Dead Diva.