Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations
Written by Rich Karlgaard and Michael S. Malone
Narrated by Tom Parks
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About this audiobook
Combing vivid reports of the latest scientific research, compelling case studies, and great storytelling, Team Genius show managers and executives how to look at their teams in a radically new way. It explores vital question that could mean the difference between success and obsolescence. Do you know how to re-organize your sub-par teams into top performers? Could you identify which of the top-performing teams in your company are reaching the end of their lifespan? Would you have the courage to shut them down? Would you know how to create the replacement team to be just as effective—without losing time or damaging morale? And most important, are your teams the right size for the job?
Rich Karlgaard and Michael S. Malone share insights and real-life examples gleaned from their careers as journalists, analysts, investors, and entrepreneurs who travel the world meeting successful teams and team leaders. Throughout, they reveal some “new truths” about teams, including:
• The right team size is usually one person less than managers think they need;
• Everything you know about performance compensation is probably wrong;
• The greatest challenge facing good teams is not how to succeed, but how to die;
• Good “chemistry” often makes for the least effective teams;
• And more.
Eye-opening, grounded, and essential, Team Genius is the next big idea that will revolutionize business today—and tomorrow.
Rich Karlgaard
Rich Karlgaard is the publisher of Forbes magazine, where he writes a featured column, Innovation Rules, covering business and leadership issues. An accomplished entrepreneur as well as a journalist and speaker, he is a cofounder of Upside magazine, Garage Technology Partners, and Silicon Valley's premier public business forum, the 7,500-member Churchill Club. He is also the author of Life 2.0 and The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success. He lives with his family in Silicon Valley.
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Reviews for Team Genius
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I'm in a year-long management seminar and this was our assigned executive book summary reading. If I have time, I like to read the original source to compare, so... As with the last book, the summary was much better. And by design, shorter. Which is what these authors should have striven for. This book spends entirely too much time classifying types of teams. And the "science"? Tenuous connections to anecdotal stories, questionable deductions (the authors cite 2.3 million year old hominid remains of "what appears to be a hunting party [...] suggesting that teams existed even before the members were fully human" - rather a reach for go from "what appears to be" to "teams"), reliance on a suggested limit - Dunbar's number - as explicit evidence to support their specious conclusions...and citing Daniel Goleman as a "noted psychologist"? Okay, just because I think Goleman is a hack, shouldn't impact my reading. And it really didn't. That the authors mentioned Steely Dan, though???? Nah.
Nutshell: Teams should be diverse, but not too diverse. Big enough, but not too big. Creative, but not too creative. Experienced, but not too... You get the picture.
Overly long and self-important. There are much better books out there. Not recommended. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Team Genius takes a scientific approach to dissecting "teams" and finding out what types of teams are the most effective. Does your project really only need two outstanding people, or will a group of 7 be more effective? I never thought about the importance of teams and the size, personalities, and purposes and how they can positively impact the goals for that team. After reading Team Genius, I will never look at teams the same.This book is great for businesses to be more effective and it can also be applied to your personal life.I recommend this book to anyone who has to deal with teams in any manner... be it work, home, sports, etc. It will help you analyze what your needs are, what the goal is, and how to put together the right team to make it come to life.***I received this book through GoodReads Member Giveaway. The opinion is solely my own.***