Getting Teams to Work (When No One Wants To)

January 5, 2018 by Mario Moussa and Derek Newberry

Executive Summary

By putting themselves in the shoes of their team members and reflecting on three questions, leaders can inspire passion and performance even in their least committed teammates, according to the co-authors of a book on committed teams. Here, they give a brief summary, revealing the questions and describing the types of situations where they can spark great dedication to team objectives.

We love teams, but wherever we look, we see a sad truth: Most teams underperform. A large part of the reason relates to passion—often teams have members who simply have no interest in being there. Executive SummaryBy putting themselves in the shoes of their team members and reflecting on three questions, leaders can inspire passion and performance even in their least committed teammates, according to the co-authors of a book on committed teams. Here, they give a brief summary, revealing the questions and describing the types of situations where they can spark great dedication to team objectives.