Ali Hosseini
04 December 2017
Discipline of Teams
In the article, The Discipline of Teams, John Katzenbach and Douglas Smith discuss the difference
between Team members and work groups as well as specific strategic to help improve overall
performance. The author speaks on the importance of a team and specific goal setting used to
tackle specific performance challenges and how top management is incorporated in the Team
Building Process. A team is defined as a concentrated group of people with compatible skillsets
who work towards a common purpose and hold themselves and each other mutually accountable
for the success and consistent progress of the team. There is 4 elements of a team that separates
them from groups: Common commitment and purpose, performance goals, complementary skills,
