Collaboration : how leaders avoid the traps, create unity, and reap big results /
Hansen, Morten T.
Collaboration : how leaders avoid the traps, create unity, and reap big results / Morten T. Hansen. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Getting collaboration wrong-- or getting it right -- Know when to collaborate, and when not to -- Spot the four barriers to collaboration -- Lever 1 : unify people -- Lever 2 : cultivate t-shaped management -- Lever 3 : build nimble networks -- Grow to be a collaborative leader.
Many leaders inherently know that in today's competitive environment, companywide collaboration is an imperative for successful strategy execution. Sadly, most cross-unit collaborative efforts end up wasting time, money, and resources. This book shows managers how to get it right through 'disciplined collaboration'. Deciding when to collaborate- and when not to- is the first critical step in disciplined collaboration. To master collaboration is to know when not to do it. Highlighted also are four common collaboration traps that managers must avoid: the 'not-invented-here' syndrome; hoarding; search problems; and transfer issues.
9781422137277
Industrial management.
Industrial management--Philosophy.
Leadership.
Teams in the workplace.
Teams in the workplace--Management.
Electronic Books.
HD31 / .C655 2009
Collaboration : how leaders avoid the traps, create unity, and reap big results / Morten T. Hansen. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Getting collaboration wrong-- or getting it right -- Know when to collaborate, and when not to -- Spot the four barriers to collaboration -- Lever 1 : unify people -- Lever 2 : cultivate t-shaped management -- Lever 3 : build nimble networks -- Grow to be a collaborative leader.
Many leaders inherently know that in today's competitive environment, companywide collaboration is an imperative for successful strategy execution. Sadly, most cross-unit collaborative efforts end up wasting time, money, and resources. This book shows managers how to get it right through 'disciplined collaboration'. Deciding when to collaborate- and when not to- is the first critical step in disciplined collaboration. To master collaboration is to know when not to do it. Highlighted also are four common collaboration traps that managers must avoid: the 'not-invented-here' syndrome; hoarding; search problems; and transfer issues.
9781422137277
Industrial management.
Industrial management--Philosophy.
Leadership.
Teams in the workplace.
Teams in the workplace--Management.
Electronic Books.
HD31 / .C655 2009