Almost nothing important gets done alone. Despite the common narrative of “great people doing great things in difficult situations that lead to innovation and breakthroughs,” there are few successes ...
“You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime,” Babe Ruth once observed. This doesn’t just apply to sports: ...
It’s easy to think you’re on any journey alone. But behind every great success is a team of collaborators, workers, and supporters. Whether you’re in a business meeting about a group project, or ...
What if I said that success in the knowledge economy is predicated on having a corporate climate that does not ridicule, silence, or intimidate the steady flow of new ideas (however bad they may be), ...
To turn groups of employees into great teams, a powerful first step is to form a social contract — an explicit agreement that lays out the ground rules for team members’ behaviors. A contract can ...