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Book SynopsisIn The Discipline of Teams, Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith explore the often counter-intuitive features that make up high-performing teamssuch as selecting team members for skill, not compatibilityand explain how managers can set specific goals to foster team development. The result is improved productivity and teams that can be counted on to deliver more than just the sum of their parts. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: How Your Brain Makes Decisions Chapter 1 In the Eye of the Storm Chapter 2 Pattern Recognition Chapter 3 Emotional Tagging Chapter 4 One-Plan-at-a-Time Part Two: Why Decisions Go Wrong Chapter 5 Misleading Experiences Chapter 6 Misleading Pre-Judgments Chapter 7 Inappropriate Self-Interest Chapter 8 Inappropriate Attachments Part Three: Red Flags and Safeguards Chapter 9 Reducing Risks with Safeguards Chapter 10 Selecting Safeguards Chapter 11 Leaders Make Good Decisions
