What Sets Superteams Apart from the Rest
4/21/202625 min
A small percentage of teams perform exceptionally well and have fun while doing it. And the secret to their success isn't innate talent. It's the way they work together. Ron Friedman, psychologist and the founder of Superteams, Inc., has studied the data on these high-performing groups across industries and identified the key leadership behaviors that drive sustained outperformance--from asking questions people often avoid to creating continuous feedback loops. Friedman is the author of the HBR article "How to Build a Superteam That Keeps Getting Better," and the book Superteams: The Science and Secrets of High-Performing Teams.
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First 90 secondsAlison Beard· Host0:00
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Adi Ignatius· Host0:15
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Alison Beard· Host0:41
[upbeat music] I'm Alison Beard.
Adi Ignatius· Host0:56
I'm Adi Ignatius, and this is the HBR Idea Cast.
Alison Beard· Host0:59
All right, Adi, tell me about the best team that you ever worked on. What were the people like? How was the dynamic? What made it great?
Adi Ignatius· Host1:14
So it's actually a team that you have been on, and that is Harvard Business Review's virtual events team. And it sort of started probably during COVID, we started doing virtual events, and this all-volunteer army came together, and the esprit was incredible. It was really