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How Winning Teams Work

May 18, 2021 | MIT Sloan Management Review | Operations

How can managers establish a framework for productive teamwork — one in which team members can work together with enthusiasm? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines how to build teams that utilize each member’s talents, play to team members’ strengths, and help the company prosper.

Articles included with this collection:

How Leaders Can Optimize Teams’ Emotional Landscapes by Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, Christina Bradley, and Lindred Greer

It’s Time to Tackle Your Team’s Undiscussables by Ginka Toegel and Jean-Louis Barsoux

Why Teams Still Need Leaders Lindred (Lindy) Greer, interviewed by Frieda Klotz

A New Approach to Designing Work by Nelson P. Repenning, Don Kieffer, and James Repenning

8 Improve the Rhythm of Your Collaboration by Ethan Bernstein, Jesse Shore, and David Lazer

How to Lead a Self-Managing Team by Vanessa Urch Druskat and Jane V. Wheeler

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