Since that article, I have received several calls from people who identified themselves as young and ambitious managers, all of whom wanted to know whether they were supervising effective teams or ...

I believe three fundamental principles about leadership. First, every person is a leader in some capacity, whether in business, family, athletic team, civic organization, church, synagogue, mosque, or ...

Here are six key characteristics of effective medical practice teams, according to an article in Family Practice Management: 1. Shared goals. 2. Clearly defined roles. 3. Shared knowledge and skills.

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A few years back, Google set out to answer a question that many organizations struggle with: What characteristics and dynamics make for an effective team? Like other organizations, Google believed ...

The word “teamwork” can sound trite, but with more and more people working remotely and virtually, the term is often thrown around without the weight or intent behind it that it deserves. It’s one of ...

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When a leading research team began tracking results of privately held industry companies, a great deal of data was collected, analyzed, and compared. They began to look for patterns of performance ...

Every chief product officer faces the same brutal math. We’re asked to deliver products faster, with higher quality and tighter alignment to business goals. The temptation is to look for process fixes ...

Last week, I discussed the differences between "groups" and "teams" with respect to the workplace environment. I pointed out that the internal dynamics of a group are different from those under which ...