When Teams Work Best

<div><p><b><span>What makes some teams achieve extraordinary outcomes while other fall disappointingly short of the mark?</span></b></p><p><span>Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson have systematically explored that question for more than 20 years. In 1989 they published the best-selling book <i>TeamWork; What Must Go Right/What Can Go Wrong</i> which reported the results of an in-depth study of some of the most successful teams in recent history and identified the eight characteristics of high performance teams.</span></p><p><b><span>When Teams Work Best</span></b><span> advances this groundbreaking research by probing more deeply inside the workings of hundred of teams-some effective and some faltering. For over a decade the authors collected and analyzed responses from more than 6000 team members and leaders across a variety of industries in both public and private sectors to find out exactly what conditions help or hinder teams in achieving their goals. The voices of these team members-often eloquent always enlightening-are heard through the quotations that appear throughout the book.</span></p></div>