Superteams: The Science and Secrets of High-Performing Teams

What do the world’s most elite groups do differently? Backed by the most comprehensive study of teamwork ever conducted, award-winning social psychologist Ron Friedman delivers the ultimate playbook for unlocking your team's true potential.

About the Book: For years, we’ve been told that great teams are built on endless collaboration, constant harmony, and long hours. According to Superteams, everything we think we know about teamwork is wrong.

After surveying thousands of groups, Ron Friedman pinpointed the exact, counterintuitive habits that separate the absolute best from the rest. The secret isn't about getting along or working harder—it’s about how teams manage their collective energy, focus their attention, cultivate individual strengths, and commit to relentless, ongoing improvement.

Blending groundbreaking science with unforgettable, behind-the-scenes stories, Superteams takes you inside the writers' rooms of Succession and Bridgerton, the recording studios of ABBA and Fleetwood Mac, Michelin-starred kitchens, Nobel Prize-winning laboratories, NBA and NFL locker rooms, and the boardrooms of the world's top innovators. If you want to make your group truly greater than the sum of its parts, this is your blueprint.

Key Features & Benefits:

• Data-Driven Insights: Grounded in a massive, comprehensive study of elite groups across industries.

• Counterintuitive Wisdom: Challenges conventional workplace myths about collaboration, harmony, and productivity.

• Fascinating Case Studies: Uses real-world examples from pop culture, sports, high-end cuisine, and world-class science to illustrate key strategies.

• Highly Endorsed: Hailed as a "must-read" by top bestselling authors including Adam Grant and Daniel Coyle.