Virtuoso Teams The extraordinary stories of extraordinary teams
by Boynton, Andy; Boynton, Andy; Fischer, BillEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-12-19
Publisher(s): FT Press
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Summary
Read Virtuoso Teams and allow yourself to get caught up in the spell-binding stones of seven teams that came together for relatively brief, but explosively intense periods of time and changed the worlds in which they worked forever.
Author Biography
Professor Andy Boynton
Dean, The Wallace E Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Professor William A. Fischer
Professor, Technology Management, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
Table of Contents
| Authors' acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Publisher's acknowledgements | p. xiv |
| Unleash the talent of virtuoso teams: Managing and leading a very special kind of team | p. 1 |
| Stretch the customer, stretch ourselves: The impolite team behind West Side Story | p. 33 |
| The critical ingredients for critical mass: Using time pressure to trigger talent in the Manhattan Project | p. 61 |
| Drive change inside and outside the team: Creating revolution on demand in Thomas Edison's invention factory | p. 87 |
| Go faster by knowing more: Roald Amundsen's team learns its way to polar success | p. 115 |
| Deliver great results, week by week: Balancing freedom with direction under Sid Caesar's leadership | p. 145 |
| Lead talent with trust: Miles Davis creates serial innovation through listening and improvisation | p. 177 |
| Hot teams in a cold climate: Norsk Hydro breaks the rules for a fast recovery in face of adversity | p. 207 |
| Turbo-charge your own team: How you lead your team for high performance | p. 229 |
| A how-to guide | p. 263 |
| Three examples of DeepDive agendas | p. 269 |
| Sample of materials used in a DeepDive | p. 277 |
| Index | p. 279 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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