Leading Teams outlines what leaders do to structure, support, and guide teams in a way that
- enhances the social processes essential to collective work;
- builds shared commitment, skills, and task-appropriate coordination strategies;
- helps members troubleshoot problems and spot emerging opportunities; and
- captures experiences and translates them into shared knowledge.
Out of these conditions, Hackman argues the very best teams emerge — teams that exceed client expectations, grow in capability over time, and contribute to the learning and personal fulfillment of individual members.
Authoritative, practical and astutely realistic, Leading Teams offers a new and provocative way of thinking about and leading work teams in any organizational setting.
J. Richard Hackman is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard University.
