The Discipline of Teams
A summary of the full-length HBR article by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith, highlighting key ideas.
THE IDEA IN BRIEF
Managing across is especially challenging when you’re leading a group of colleagues. You’re not their boss, but on this project, you’re their leader. How can you get them to focus on your team’s work when they also need to tend their own small fires—or meet their bosses’ demands?
When you instill in your group the discipline of teams, your struggles will diminish. You’ll be helping your team create a shared vision and then realize that vision with individual and mutual accountability.
THE IDEA IN PRACTICE
A team’s essential discipline includes these characteristics:
- A meaningful common purpose ...
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