Create a Real Team

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Collaborative Intelligence: Using Teams to Solve Hard Problems, is an eleven-chapter book written by J. Richard Hackman, the Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard University, and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers in May of 2011. Although based on the latest scholarly research, the book is written for both the experienced and novice team leader, and can be used as well in academic courses that examine groups and teams. The work comprises three sections. The first, "The Challenge and Potential of Teams," explains the general structural components of a team and the benefits and pitfalls of each. The second part, "Six Enabling Conditions," elaborates in detail on six environmental conditions that can help to produce successful team collaboration. The third part, "Implications for Team Leaders and Organizations," discusses specific methods leaders have adopted, or avoided, to foster collaboration and improve the quality of their teams' work, including what the author calls the 60-30-10 rule. Chapter 4 explores the first of the six enabling conditions for effective teamwork: so-called "real teamwork." The primary focus of the chapter is to help leaders create solid foundations for their teams to build and thrive from. The author compares two teams to illustrate the difference between what he calls a "real team" and a team in name only. Through this comparison, he defines three attributes that a real team possesses: (1) a clear boundary distinguishing members from nonmembers, (2) team members who work interdependently to create a product which they all share responsibility for, and (3) a group environment is stable enough to give team members adequate time to learn to work together. The author concludes with the potential downsides of forming a team which does not meet his definition and offers suggestions on when teams should be used to accomplish objectives.
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