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Summary
Summary
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 ability to produce creative ideas and execute them--increasing the entrepreneurial and innovative capacity within the firm. What's more, the new environment demands what the authors call "distributed leadership," and the book highlights how X-teams powerfully embody this idea.
Author Notes
Deborah Ancona is the Seley Distinguished Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management and the founder and former faculty director of the MIT Leadership Center. She received her PhD from Columbia University.
Henrik Bresman is a professor at INSEAD and the former faculty director of the INSEAD Global Leadership Centre. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Connect with Henrik Bresman on Twitter: @HenrikBresman and LinkedIn: linkedin.com/henrik-bresman.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. IX |
Introduction: When Bad Things Happen to Good Teams | p. 1 |
Part I Why Good Teams Fail | |
1 Into a Downward Spiral | p. 21 |
How Our Old Models Lead to Failure | |
2 A Changing World | p. 41 |
New Kinds of Organizations | |
New Kinds of Teams | |
Part II What Works | |
3 X-Team Principle 1 | p. 63 |
External Activity | |
4 X-Team Principle 2 | p. 89 |
Extreme Execution | |
5 X-Team Principle 3 | p. 117 |
Flexible Phases | |
6 X-Factors | p. 139 |
The X-Team Support Structure | |
Part III How to Build Effective X-Teams | |
7 Tools for X-Teams | p. 165 |
From Theory to Action | |
8 Crafting an Infrastructure for Innovation | p. 195 |
The X-Team Program | |
9 X-Teams | p. 217 |
Distributed Leadership in Action | |
Notes | p. 241 |
Index | p. 249 |
About the Authors | p. 259 |