Five ways to turn your management team into a leadership team

From: The Journal for Quality and Participation | Date: July 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

What factors make a good team into a really great one? Marie G. McIntyre, Ph.D. studied more than 72 teams and discovered five traits they have in common.

Management teams run the world. Unfortunately, however, the phrase "management team" often sounds like an oxymoron to people who have spent their lives trying to accomplish results in your average organization. Consider the following true story:

The president of a technology company is meeting with his management team to discuss a potential new product. "Based on our projections," says the marketing manager, "we anticipate that sales will ...

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