TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ancona,Deborah G.
AU  - Bresman,Henrik
TI  - X-teams: how to build teams that lead, innovate, and succeed 
SN  - 9781422148068
AV  - HD66 .X743 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Harvard Business School Press
KW  - Teams in the workplace
KW  - Management
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - "Advance reader's copy"--Cover; 1; The road to hell --; New kinds of organizations and new kinds of teams --; External activity --; Extreme execution --; Flexible phases --; X-factors --; Tools for X-teams: from theory to action --; Crafting an infrastructure for innovation: the X-team program --; X-teams: distributed leadership in action; 2; b
N2  - 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 what's 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 aren't, but that they actually improve an organization's abi
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