# Readings

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.

Course readings.
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 |