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Uncovers the elements of creative collaboration by examining six of the century's most extraordinary groups and distill their successful practices into lessons that virtually any organization can learn and commit to in order to transform its own management into a collaborative and successful group of leaders. Paper. DLC: Organizational effectiveness - Case studies.
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Alot to think about (and later implement), with out too many words to read.  2008-05-29
Great examples of, and insight into the so called "great groups". This book is even more valuable once one start noticing patterns and successful strategies in collaborative creativity. after reading this book, you will keep thinking "why don't more people collaborate??". And that is the third and most rewarding aspect of this book, being able to see & visualize the added values/benefits that are generated through collaborative problem solving.
Powerful stories challenge you to connect the dots 2008-03-22
This book is far more powerful than the typical business book precisely because it does not try to codify a topic as big and unwieldy as leadership in a neat little framework. Instead, the authors use stories and anecdotes to paint a series of pictures... and they then step back, look at the vista before them, and highlight the patterns that hold true across the stories.
My experience in leadership development is that people generally already know what they should be doing to succeed... moreover, they they already think they are doing it. (I have fun with this disconnect in How to Self-Destruct.) This book approaches the disconnect in a different way: it challenges individuals to consider their own stories--stories that will inevitably differ from those discussed--and think about whether the elements that are common to the book's vignettes also apply in those real-life tales. You may not like the answer (at first), but a careful reading will leave one with all the clues necessary to become a great leader of a great team.
Leadership is a messy, organic topic that defies clean definitions. This book is a nice break from the norm in that its use of stories helps bring this topic to life, and challenges the reader to connect the dots him- or herself.
I enjoyed reading this book ... 2007-02-08
Bought this book after a recommendation from Michael Gerber's website (E-Myth). It's interesting to see how real entreprenuers think, and how they interact in a group setting (i.e., how to be a leader) amongst highly intelligent and motivated employees (i.e., arrogant, know-it-all's). I especially liked the chapter on Walt Disney. I give it 4 stars because it's an enjoyable and insightful bedtime read.
Not from instruction---but from story. 2006-11-05
I selected this book as a core text for the leadership development program on collaboration for my company. Bennis is simply the gold standard. In the glut of "Here's one thing that will change your life, move your cheese or fill your bucket simplistic and even dangerous books that cram the shelves and compete for our attention" this book stands out because it lucidly and clearly tells compelling stories. I don't know who Patricia Biederman is; but I'm guessing she is responsible for the clarity of the prose here. And that's reason enough to put her name on the front cover.
The responsibility I am charged with when I go to work everyday is to build leadership development that can impact business results.
This book can hel me do that because it teaches not by instruction---but by story.
Successful Structures for Super Team Perfomance 2006-06-13
This is an informative book on leadership qualities and insights by Warren Bennis, who is a distinguished professor of business administration at USC, and who has also advised at least four presidents. Bennis discusses four organizations that were able to combine incredibly gifted people in such a synergy as to create hitherto unknown super-accomplishments: Walt Disney Studios with the first full-length animated film, Xerox and Apple with the first user friendly computer, Lockheed's Skunkworks with the first US jet fighter, and the Manhattan Project which yeilded the atomic bomb. What were the key ingredients to their success? What did they do wrong, but succeeded in spite of such matters? These questions are entertainingly answered in this book.
Among the fifteeen traits listed are: always having an enemy, seeing themselves as the underdogs, isolating themselves from unnecessary outside interferences, and hiring people that have both great ability and a talent for collaboration.
Interesting and Useful - Five Stars
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