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The new why teams don't work: what goes wrong and how to make it right

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What are today's teams really like, and why are they failing? In their new book, authors Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley explain what they see as the reason: teams fail largely because they don't think through the human implications of teaming.The New Why Don't Work is as much about people as it is about business. This handbook will help team members and leaders maintain the highest level of social and emotional intelligence by making them more aware of their own needs, conflicts, and peculiarities.Among the new chapters are Collaboration vs. Teamwork, Balance, The Death of Teamwork, The Team of One, and Teams at the Top.

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What are today's teams really like, and why are they failing? In their new book, authors Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley explain what they see as the reason: teams fail largely because they don't think through the human implications of teaming.The New Why Don't Work is as much about people as it is about business. This handbook will help team members and leaders maintain the highest level of social and emotional intelligence by making them more aware of their own needs, conflicts, and peculiarities.Among the new chapters are Collaboration vs. Teamwork, Balance, The Death of Teamwork, The Team of One, and Teams at the Top.

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What are today's teams really like, and why are they failing? In their new book, authors Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley explain what they see as the reason: teams fail largely because they don't think through the human implications of teaming.The New Why Don't Work is as much about people as it is about business. This handbook will help team members and leaders maintain the highest level of social and emotional intelligence by making them more aware of their own needs, conflicts, and peculiarities.Among the new chapters are Collaboration vs. Teamwork, Balance, The Death of Teamwork, The Team of One, and Teams at the Top.

Key concepts: Teamwork, Work (physics), Balance (ability), Public relations, Sociology, Management, Psychology, Political science

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