Most business leaders agree that high functioning teams are important to driving strong business results. And yet what about the teams that leaders themselves are often members of - leadership teams?

They’re ubiquitous: corporate teams with big responsibilities, under immense pressure to accomplish difficult work.  As a consultant, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a few teams that really click—smart, successful, efficient, getting the work done, and even having a good time together.

I’m working with a leadership team of a large, global pharmaceutical organization as it embarks on a new strategic initiative. The team’s goal is to reorient its business from  a transactional model to one more focused on building and sustaining relationships with customers.

MassChallenge is the world’s largest startup accelerator and the first to support high-impact, early-stage entrepreneurs with no strings attached. This year, MassChallenge offered its Accelerator Program to 128 global entrepreneurs selected from more than 1,600 applicants.

In Workforce Magazine, President and CEO Linda Stewart shares some insights into leading successful virtual teams. While collaboration and knowledge sharing is essential to any team effort, sharing physical space with teammates isn't necessary.

I was recently in the U.K. delivering a powerful "Women in Leadership" workshop at a leading technology company.

In Part I of this post, I pointed out that to advance women, we need to unlock the double binds of both genders.

What’s the value of entrepreneurship and innovation to a large organization? It seems that many large, successful companies became large and successful by building on new and inspiring ideas and then by skillfully maximizing efficiency and minimizing risk and variability over time.

Yes, virtual meetings can have better outcomes than face-to-face meetings in some cases. But you'll need to deploy these five important strategies to make that happen. IA's Manager of Live Online, Dana Sednek, is quoted in this Entrepreneur piece about virtual meetings.

Every October, Major League Baseball creates its big winners and losers. And that process has got me thinking about failure.