The world as we know today is quickly moving from the Information Age to what Chris Majer calls the Coordination Age – and companies need to understand and pivot accordingly.  Companies are going to quickly sort out into two categories.

1. Those who see the future as a canvas for innovation and boldly create the future they desire.
2. Those who think that business-as-usual is fine and if they wait long enough things will calm down. They believe in the 3 “Don’ts”: Don’t risk. Don’t innovate. Don’t invest.

Doing more of what you already know how to do only harder is likely a strategy for tragedy.  Instead, it is time for a new look at the future. A future that sets-up your company to be competitive in the face of ongoing rapid change.

Here is the reality – building and leading teams is the key competence for the future and any manager who can’t build, lead, and manage teams isn’t going to be a manager for long. It doesn’t matter how much technical skill you have, it’s all about teams.

Executive teams, project teams, leadership teams, management teams; these days you can’t turn around without bumping into the term. The problem is saying we are a team doesn’t make it so. Let’s face it, they don’t teach you how to build teams in business school and in most companies teamwork is a slogan, not a reality. Everyone talks about it – most don't really know how to do it.

The World of Teams is a fast paced look at what it takes to build and lead a real team.