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Virtuoso teams : lessons from teams that changed their worlds / Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harlow, England ; New York : FT Prentice Hall, [(c)2005.Description: xii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0273702181
  • 9780273702184
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD66.V578 2005
  • HD66.F529.V578 2005
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Contents:
1. Unleash the talent of virtuoso teams : managing and leading a very special kind of team -- 2. Stretch the customer, stretch ourselves : the impolite team behind West side story -- 3. The critical ingredients for critical mass : using time pressure to trigger talent in the Manhattan project -- 4. Drive change inside and outside the team : creating revolution on demand in Thomas Edison's invention factory -- 5. Go faster by knowing more : Roald Amundsen's team learns its way to polar success -- 6. Deliver great results, week by week : balancing freedom with direction under Sid Caesar's leadership -- 7. Lead talent with trust : Miles Davis creates serial innovation through listening and improvisation.
Summary: At the heart of a great change or creative breakthrough you will often find a dynamic team of inspired individuals who work together to break out of the commonplace and make something remarkable happen--a team that generates more creativity, more energy and the very best performance. The rules of the game are different for virtuoso teams and their leaders. They can explode "work as usual" if let free to make it happen. This book will show you how to play to the standards of some of the greatest uncompromising, creative and catalytic teams of our times.--From publisher description.
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1. Unleash the talent of virtuoso teams : managing and leading a very special kind of team -- 2. Stretch the customer, stretch ourselves : the impolite team behind West side story -- 3. The critical ingredients for critical mass : using time pressure to trigger talent in the Manhattan project -- 4. Drive change inside and outside the team : creating revolution on demand in Thomas Edison's invention factory -- 5. Go faster by knowing more : Roald Amundsen's team learns its way to polar success -- 6. Deliver great results, week by week : balancing freedom with direction under Sid Caesar's leadership -- 7. Lead talent with trust : Miles Davis creates serial innovation through listening and improvisation.

At the heart of a great change or creative breakthrough you will often find a dynamic team of inspired individuals who work together to break out of the commonplace and make something remarkable happen--a team that generates more creativity, more energy and the very best performance. The rules of the game are different for virtuoso teams and their leaders. They can explode "work as usual" if let free to make it happen. This book will show you how to play to the standards of some of the greatest uncompromising, creative and catalytic teams of our times.--From publisher description.

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