Ancona, Deborah, and Henrik Bresman. X-teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate and Succeed. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2007. ISBN: 9781591396925.
Whetten, David, and Kim Cameron. Developing Management Skills. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN: 9780131747425.
All readings are from Ancona unless noted otherwise.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | X-teams | |
| 2 | The distributed leadership model and the leadership program | Chapter 1 |
| 3 | Ideas fair | Chapters 2-4 |
| 4 | Setting up for exploration | Chapters 5-6 |
| 5 | Influence skills for exploration | Whetten and Cameron. "Transforming Power into Influence." In Building a Strong Power Base and Using Influence Wisely, pp. 270-277. (Be sure to read this section carefully.) |
| 6 | Preparation for interim reports | |
| 7 | Interim presentations | |
| 8 | Exploitation | Chapters 8-9 |
| 9 | Outside speaker: Joan Wood, Senior Vice President, Leadership and Organization Development, Genzyme Corporation | Chapters 8-9 |
| 10 | Moving into exportation | |
| 11 | Final presentations |