How to Build a Super team That Keeps Getting Better

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How to Build a Super team That Keeps Getting Better

By Ron Friedman | Harvard Business Review Magazine | May–June 2026

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What do the best teams do differently? To find out the authors surveyed more than 6,000 knowledge workers across a wide range of industries—from finance and law to healthcare and technology—and collected detailed data on how their teams set priorities, make decisions, and collaborate.
Among those superteams, the formula for high performance looked remarkably similar. Superteams share three key strengths: (1) They get more done by managing time, energy, and attention more efficiently; (2) their members actively make one another better; and (3) they’re constantly building new skills and improving over time.
How to Drive Continuous Improvement? At the center of every learning culture is a leader who makes growth a daily priority. The authors’ research uncovered seven practices that top leaders use to foster continuous improvement. The same principles that built a championship team can help any leader create a team that keeps getting better. Run more experiments. Make curiosity contagious. Ask the one question most leaders avoid – What are you stuck on? Roll up your sleeves, even when you don’t have to. Make feedback feel like support. Encourage growth, even when it doesn’t benefit you. And lead with meaning, not just metrics.

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Topics: Leadership, Super Teams

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What do the best teams do differently? To find out the authors surveyed more than 6,000 knowledge workers across a wide range of industries—from finance and law to healthcare and technology—and collected detailed data on how their teams set priorities, make decisions, and collaborate.

Among those superteams, the formula for high performance looked remarkably similar. Superteams share three key strengths: (1) They get more done by managing time, energy, and attention more efficiently; (2) their members actively make one another better; and (3) they’re constantly building new skills and improving over time.

How to Drive Continuous Improvement? At the center of every learning culture is a leader who makes growth a daily priority. The authors’ research uncovered seven practices that top leaders use to foster continuous improvement. The same principles that built a championship team can help any leader create a team that keeps getting better. Run more experiments. Make curiosity contagious. Ask the one question most leaders avoid – What are you stuck on? Roll up your sleeves, even when you don’t have to. Make feedback feel like support. Encourage growth, even when it doesn’t benefit you. And lead with meaning, not just metrics.

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