Extreme Teaming : Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership.

Front Cover -- Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Foreword -- Notes -- Introduction -- From Teams to Teaming -- Extreme Teaming for Innovation -- Overview of this Book -- Chapter Takeaways -- Part I: Trends Giving Rise to Extreme Teaming -- 1 Why Extreme Teaming Matters -- Extreme Teaming That Saved 33 Lives -- An Unprecedented Challenge -- How Senior Leadership Triggered Extreme Teaming -- Parallel Teaming Efforts -- How Leadership Enables Extreme Teaming -- From Industries to Ecosystems -- Innovation in Cross-Boundary Teams -- Chapter Takeaways -- 2 Leading Teams and Teaming -- Team Leadership Theory -- Leader-Member Exchange -- Transformational Leadership -- Shared Leadership -- Functional Leadership -- Toward a Model of Leadership for Extreme Teaming -- Chapter Takeaways -- 3 The Challenges of Extreme Teaming -- How Teams Develop Over Time -- Conditional Benefits of Extreme Teaming -- Extreme Teaming Challenges -- Interpersonal Challenges: Emotions and Relationships -- Technical Challenges: Knowledge and Skills -- Can Leadership Address These Challenges? -- A Note on Methods -- Research Approach -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Chapter Takeaways -- Part II: Four Leadership Functions for Extreme Teaming -- 4 Build an Engaging Vision -- Making Values Explicit -- Articulating a Challenging Target -- Chapter Takeaways -- 5 Cultivate Psychological Safety -- Displaying Authentic Caring -- Framing Cross-Boundary Work As a Resource -- Chapter Takeaways -- 6 Develop Shared Mental Models -- Diagnosing Interfaces for Knowledge-Sharing -- Leveraging Boundary Objects -- Chapter Takeaways -- 7 Empower Agile Execution -- Enabling Expert Decision Clusters -- Providing Room to Maneuver -- Chapter Takeaways -- Part III: Looking Back and Moving Forward.

8 A Model of Leadership for Extreme Teaming -- Assembling the Four Functions into a Coherent Whole -- Build an Engaging Vision: Motivation/Interpersonal -- Cultivate Psychological Safety: Facilitation/Interpersonal -- Develop Shared Mental Models: Facilitation/Technical -- Empower Agile Execution: Motivation/Technical -- Ambidextrous Leadership for Extreme Teaming -- Chapter Takeaways -- 9 Directions for Future Research and Practice -- Implications for Research -- Implications for Practice -- Culture Clash -- Leadership that Overcomes Culture Clash -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of increasingly complex, cross industry projects. Amy Edmondson and Jean-Francois Harvey show vividly through their international cases how the complex demands of collaboration impact on management and revolutionize our understanding of teams.

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