Six Common Misperceptions about Teamwork
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June 7, 2011
by J. Richard Hackman
This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Making Collaboration Work.
Teamwork and collaboration are critical to mission achievement in any organization that has to respond quickly to changing circumstances. My research in the U.S. intelligence community has not only affirmed that idea but also surfaced a number of mistaken beliefs about teamwork that can sidetrack productive collaboration. Here are six of them.
