Teams That Work

The books, in order

1. 1

   Leadership · 15 min

   The One Minute Manager

   Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

   Separating the specific mistake from the person's worth as a whole is what makes a correction get heard instead of just triggering defensiveness.

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2. 2

   Leadership · 15 min

   The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork

   John C. Maxwell

   Team trust isn't measured on the easy day. It's measured by who shows up to cover for a teammate on the hard day without being asked.

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3. 3

   Leadership · 16 min

   The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

   Patrick Lencioni

   Well-handled conflict doesn't break a team. It tests the decision before the market does it for you.

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4. 4

   Leadership · 17 min

   Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

   Kim Scott

   Sparing a colleague from hearing necessary criticism might feel like kindness, but it usually leads to a sudden firing and lasting disappointment.

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5. 5

   Leadership · 16 min

   Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

   Liz Wiseman

   A workplace only becomes safe for thinking when the standard of delivery stays high and mistakes turn into learning out in the open, not into embarrassment.

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6. 6

   Leadership · 16 min

   The Fearless Organization

   Amy C. Edmondson

   In the study that launched Edmondson's research, the teams that reported the most errors were not the ones that made the most errors, but the ones that felt safe enough to admit them.

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7. 7

   Leadership · 17 min

   Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

   General Stanley McChrystal

   A network with no visible hierarchy can learn and reorganize faster than a large, well-trained structure, because knowledge isn't stuck at a single decision point.

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8. 8

   Leadership · 18 min

   The Fifth Discipline

   Peter Senge

   Trying to fix a visible symptom without understanding the big picture usually just pushes the damage over to another department.

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9. 9

   Leadership · 17 min

   The 5 Levels of Leadership

   John C. Maxwell

   A manager's badge guarantees only that people show up at the agreed-upon time. Real authority has to be earned through everyday interactions.

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10. 10

    Leadership · 18 min

    The Ride of a Lifetime

    Robert Iger

    Giving real autonomy to the people on the front lines works far better than centralizing decisions with bosses who are removed from the problem.

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