The Science Behind High-Performing Teams (with Ron Friedman)

And so what's interesting about the characteristics of the best teammates is what's not on that list. So again, it's knowledgeable, uh, dependable, and good communicator. What's not on the list is funny. It's not what's not on the list is good listener, right? Those those are those are very positive characteristics, but they don't make the top three.

And the question is why? And the answer is it's because the characteristics of the best teammates are the ones that don't just feel good, they move the team forward. So being funny, being a good listener, that's great, but you're not making everybody better. And that what we find again and again is that the best teammates find a way to make the team better. Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Radical Sabbatical.

I'm Kim Scott, and while the rest of the Radical Canner podcast team is on Sabbatical, I am talking to the authors of some books that I have read and loved, and am thrilled today to have with me Ron Friedman. Ron, PhD, is an award-winning psychologist who helps leaders build high-performing teams. He is the best-selling author of the best. place to work and decoding greatness. His new book, Super Teams, The Science and Secrets of High Performing Teams, reveals what the very best teams do differently.

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