Secrets of Great Teams - Why Dream Teams Fail
June 15th, 2006
If someone tells you you’re being recruited onto a dream team, maybe you should run. In our team-obsessed age, the concept of the dream team has become irresistible. But it’s brutally clear that they often blow up. Why? Because they’re not teams. They’re just bunches of people.
A look at why so many dream teams fail, and why so many of the most successful teams consist of individuals you’ve never heard of, yields insight into the essential nature of winning organizations. As always when the subject is the real-world behavior of human beings, the takeaway includes things we always knew – even though we rarely behave as if we do.
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