Why teams? -- One team : a story of performance -- Team basics : a working definition and discipline -- High-performance teams : very useful models -- The team performance curve -- Moving up the curve : from individual to team performance -- Team leaders -- Teams, obstacles, and endings : getting unstuck -- Teams and performance : the reinforcing cycle -- Teams and major change : an inevitable combination -- Teams at the top : a difficult choice -- Top management's role : leading to the high-performance organization -- Epilogue: A call to action -- Appendix: Teams researched for book.