Only 8% of people are on superteams. The rest lose hours every week sitting in meetings, answering messages, and doing work that gets them nowhere.
Ron Friedman, social psychologist and author of Superteams, researched thousands of teams to find out what high-performing teams do differently.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Why most teams loses 29 hours every week
- How superteams handle wins and losses
- Why productivity hacks slow the whole team down
- Meeting rules that give your team its week back
- How superteams collaborate to get the best ideas
- The number one predictor of high performance
Topics discussed:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:53) Three Factors of a Real Team
(02:33) What Makes a Superteam
(06:57) The Sunday Night Test
(09:42) Team-First Culture
(12:34) Why Teams Need to Fail
(16:38) Where Your Week Disappears
(18:23) Productivity Hacks That Backfire
(20:15) Meeting Rules of Superteams
(22:01) The Brainstorm Problem
(25:59) What Drives High Performance
(29:02) Best vs. Worst Teammate Traits
(32:37) Why 97% Of Feedback Fails
Connect with Ron Friedman:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronfriedmanphd/
https://www.instagram.com/ronfriedmanphd/
https://x.com/RonFriedman
https://www.threads.com/@ronfriedmanphd
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIFgRGcGjxXjmovUEBcnbXA
Book link: https://geni.us/superteams
Superteams Masterclass: http://superteamsmasterclass.com
Superteams Quiz: http://superteamquiz.com
Ron’s Website: http://www.superteamsinc.com/
About the Guest:
Ron Friedman is an award-winning social psychologist and bestselling author of The Best Place to Work and Superteams. His research on building high-performing teams has been featured in The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Harvard Business Review, where his article “How to Build a Superteam That Keeps Getting Better” is this month’s cover story.
To learn more about his work, visit superteamsinc.com.
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