Teams at the Top Unleashing the Potential of Both Teams and Individual Leaders

It is common knowledge that CEOs declare their direct reports as a "team at the top." Yet with a culture of individual accountability & self-reliance pervading executive suites, few management groups ever function as real teams. Now, in a natural follow-up to his bestselling The Wisdom of Teams, John Katzenbach moves his focus farther up the organizational ladder to offer practical guidelines for increasing leadership capacity at the highest executive levels. In Terms at the Top, he shows how even the strongest & most successful CEO can improve a company's performance by turning the senior executive group into a real team-without sacrificing each member's individual leadership capabilities. Teams at the Top explains how to recognize when a team effort at the management level is preferable & when a work group under single leadership will do. Then, the book shows how to develop the capability to shift into whichever mode is appropriate. With stories & examples from well-known companies including Enron, Ben & Jerry's, Champion, Citicorp, & Mobile, as well as lessons that are applicable for management groups anywhere in the organization, Teams at the Top will help companies of all sizes & in all industries maximize the full potential of their leadership.