David Nadler
Individuals become members of the executive team through a multiyear process of selection. While it is dangerous to generalize, those selected for executive teams in the companies we have observed tend to be high achievers and aggressive seekers of power. They also have histories of distinguishing themselves through individual achievement, rather than for their work with or through teams. Thus, in many United States-based companies, … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Teamwork
Michael Schrage
Facilitators are improvisers. They are instruments of the other people in the room. However…often facilitation is too conversation-driven, and occurs without shared space, without the capture and feedback mechanisms to amplify the effectiveness of the facilitation. But, facilitation is not enough for collaboration; you need to have shared spaces. You need to have media where the ideas can be captured and represented and those representations … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: LiNE Zine | Subject: Teamwork
Lyndon B. Johnson
There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few we can solve by ourselves.
Content: Quotation | Subjects: Problems / Solutions, Teamwork