Are you setting your teams up for success? Teams are the primary vehicle for getting things done in business today. We use various types of teams, from natural or collateral teams reporting to a common manager to agile self-organizing teams that come together for...
Building effective general management teams I once worked for a company whose unofficial nickname was the “drive-by shooting company” referencing the frequent turnover of its senior executives, where almost monthly another VP or two found themselves out on the street....
Effective teams and how to build them We have been working to help teams work better together for more than 30 years now. This work is borne of our passion for what we call highly effective teams, the definition of which has been, until very recently, subjective. I...
Lateral Work A while back as part of our ongoing series “Organizations that Work” we wrote about what we call “Cross-Boundary Work”—which is work that requires two or more employees, who report to different managers, to collaborate to produce an output neither of them...
Matching task assignment to role accountabilities Over the last few weeks, we have discussed how complexity is a key factor in organization design and the importance of aligning accountability and authority into roles. The last piece of this puzzle is ensuring that...
Accountability & Decision Authority Leaders say accountability is important. Executives tell us that accountability is important to the success of their businesses, and for good reason. A culture where accountability is used constructively will deliver...
