Harvard Business Review

Jon R. Katzenbach

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

Professor of Human Resource Management Lynda Gratton

Most teams underperform. Yours can beat the odds. If you read nothing else on building better teams, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you assemble and steer teams that get results. Leading experts such as Jon Katzenbach, Teresa Amabile, and Tamara Erickson provide the insights and advice you need to: Boost team performance through mutual accountability Motivate large, diverse groups to tackle complex projects Increase your teams' emotional intelligence Prevent decision deadlock Extract results from a bunch of touchy superstars Fight constructively with top-management colleagues

Hbr's 10 Must Reads on Teams (with Featured Article "the Discipline of Teams," by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith)

Lynda Gratton

Gratton was in the top 20 of The Times (London) 2007 ''thinkers 50'' list of leading management scholars, and was chosen by the Financial Times as the business thinker most likely to ''change how you view the world and live your life'' Identifies three guiding principles and nine actions that will enable you to become indispensible to your organization and have a more robust, exciting, and fulfilling career. Includes checklists and tools to help you measure your progress For every new project or high-profile assignment, there is a mile-long line of wannabes waiting to grab the brass ring. But those consistently at the forefront have something truly extraordinary in common. You know them at first sight: teammates or colleagues, direct reports or bosses who radiate enthusiasm, positive energy, and inspiration. Even when confronted with circumstances that work against them they, Glow with an attitude that inspires others, fosters a great working experience for themselves and everyone around them, and creates empowering relationships. And Lynda Gratton can make sure you're one of them. In her book Hot Spots, Gratton explored how pockets of energy and innovation are created in organizations. Now she zeroes in on how you can become a source of energy and innovation yourself. Drawing on years of original research, Gratton identifies three principles that people who Glow live by: they cultivate a cooperative mind-set, they are adept at reaching across traditional boundaries - what Lynda calls ''jumping across worlds'' - to gain great new ideas and powerful insights, and they are able to ignite inspiration and energy in others. For each principle, Gratton outlines three actions anyone can take to put it into practice, illustrated with dozens of examples and personal stories. Easy-to-use tools enable you to evaluate where you are now and measure your progress. Success isn't about just working harder - there's always someone out there who will put in longer hours. But if you can learn to Glow, you will add tremendous value to your organization in a way that will make your work more satisfying and fulfilling.

Glow

Research Fellow Rick Delbridge

Gerry Johnson

Rick Delbridge

How do businesses go beyond the prescriptive policies and make the shift from the 'low road' of cost to the 'high road' of innovation and value? This book presents an analysis of the context and the challenges, and offers managers and consultants a range of ideas that are helpful to their companies.

Making the Difference

The Exceptional Manager

Professor of Human Resource Management Lynda Gratton

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