{"product_id":"x-teams-revised-and-updated-how-to-build-teams-that-lead-innovate-and-succeed-hardcover","title":"X-Teams, Revised and Updated: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, and Succeed - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Ancona\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenrik Bresman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential work on teams--now updated with new research and tools and a new preface--\u003ci\u003eX-Teams\u003c\/i\u003e shows how an externally focused team model is the key to fueling innovation and your organization's success.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou build a team around top-notch talent. The team members work well together; they're committed to the mission and are highly motivated to perform. Yet the results are disappointing. You're not seeing creativity and flexibility. You're not getting breakthrough ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Good\" teams build camaraderie, confidence in their abilities, and a solid process for working together. But these internal dynamics--while positive in themselves--can create a wall between the team and the outside world. And that wall can prevent the team from adapting to change and delivering value to the organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this updated, streamlined edition, with a new preface and practical tools, Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman describe an externally focused team model--the x-team--that is even more relevant today than when it was first introduced. With their distinctively flexible membership and leadership structure, x-teams continuously reach outward to fuel the innovation process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith new examples and research from organizations such as Microsoft, Takeda, and the Museum of Modern Art, Ancona and Bresman show you how to build x-teams that: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep pace with shifts in markets, technologies, cultures, and your competition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInnovate by moving quickly from generating ideas to executing and diffusing them throughout your organization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmploy \"distributed leadership\" to unlock crucial information, expertise, and new ways of working together--wherever these qualities reside, whether within or outside your company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an increasingly complex and ever-changing world, where adaptability and creativity are paramount to an enterprise's success--and even its survival--\u003ci\u003eX-Teams\u003c\/i\u003e is your handbook for winning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Ancona\u003c\/b\u003e is the Seley Distinguished Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management and the founder and former faculty director of the MIT Leadership Center. She received her PhD from Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenrik Bresman\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at INSEAD and the former faculty director of the INSEAD Global Leadership Centre. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnect with Henrik Bresman on Twitter: @HenrikBresman and LinkedIn: linkedin.com\/henrik-bresman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.37 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760893919520,"sku":"9781647824761","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f3a382283866e80ba596ee3d6d31fa47.webp?v=1780193403","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/x-teams-revised-and-updated-how-to-build-teams-that-lead-innovate-and-succeed-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}