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Podcast: Leadership Article Review Podcast
Episode: The Power of Hidden Teams: Leveraging Informal Relationships to Drive Organizational Success, by Jonathan H. Westover PhD
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Abstract: This article explores the importance of informal networks, or "hidden teams", that exist within organizations alongside formal hierarchical structures, as research has shown these organic relationship-based networks play a key role in knowledge sharing, innovation, and driving work forward through efficient exchange of ideas and solutions across boundaries in communities of practice and "invisible colleges", while teams that bridge different professional communities are better able to solve complex problems. The article provides recommendations for how leaders can identify, support, and leverage hidden teams to drive business success by mapping networks through analysis and employee surveys to uncover natural...