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5 Ways AI Empowers Hybrid Teamship

I’ve spent the past decade inside the guts of elite teams, from Fortune 100 giants to scrappy startups. Here’s the truth: Teamship still rules. But the rules are changing. Co-elevation, my term for teammates lifting each other higher, is still the engine of breakthrough performance. But now we’re building that engine with AI.   Recently, I hosted a dinner in New York City for 70...

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How to Turn Fractional Leadership Into Full Teamship

Fractional executives aren’t just a trend. They are now essential to the modern startup toolset. However, if bringing one part-time leader on board is a challenge, hiring several at once is a whole new management game, and most founders aren’t fully prepared. As more CEOs tap into a “portfolio” C-suite, the struggle shifts from simply getting the talent to actually...

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Are The Next Great CEOs Today’s CTOs And CIOs?

When I look at the leaders best equipped to guide companies through the turbulence of AI transformation, one question keeps surfacing: Could tomorrow’s most successful CEOs come from today’s CTO and CIO ranks? Certainly not every future CEO will come directly from the CTO or CIO’s chair. But every successful CEO will need the qualities of...

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No one can lead alone—nor should they try in today's environment. The future belongs to organizations that recognize the power of Teamship to transform good teams into truly extraordinary ones. getty

How Elite Organizations Transform Good Teams Into Extraordinary Ones

“Most organizations don’t fail from lack of talent or strategy—they fail because they’re stuck in outdated leadership models.”
Teamship flips the script: shifting from hierarchical leadership to peer-to-peer co-elevation where teams share the load, challenge with candor, and build trust through deliberate practices. The result? Faster decisions, higher accountability, and breakthrough performance that traditional leadership simply can’t deliver....

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Sarah Bond's approach leverages her team's full capabilities across all domains, including those where she has no personal expertise. The result is both stunning outcomes and extraordinary team engagement. Courtesy of Microsoft

The Secret Driver Behind Xbox’s Transformation

“Sarah Bond didn’t climb to the top of Xbox by following the old leadership playbook—she rewrote it.”
Her secret? Teamship—a peer-to-peer model where interdependent talent is unleashed, vulnerability builds trust, and shared leadership delivers impossible wins, from record growth to Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard deal....

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Next-Gen AI Leadership: What’s The Super-Fuel For Bold, Fast And Moonshot Innovation?

Discover how AI is completely transforming leadership and teamwork, moving beyond mere efficiency to spark bold innovation. This article reveals why the future belongs to organizations that embrace “teamship,” fostering open dialogue and psychological safety to truly unleash AI’s potential. Learn how integrating AI with human ingenuity can redefine collaboration and drive unprecedented breakthroughs....

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The Healthcare Leadership Revolution: Why Teamship Saves Lives

In an operating room, a surgical technician notices something concerning during a procedure. In traditional hospital hierarchies, they might hesitate to speak up. But a transformation in healthcare leadership is under way that would make that moment of hesitation unthinkable. The old deference to hierarchical leadership is giving way to a new mode of behavior...

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Beyond Leadership: 10 Shifts That Transform Good Teams Into Great Ones

Sometimes, you get challenged with a question that opens up your goals—that reaches right into your why? An editor asked me recently, “What’s the most rewarding aspect of writing about leadership?” When I wrote my first book, Never Eat Alone, I had people from around the world tell me that it changed their life. When...

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Transforming Leadership Into Teamship: The Power Of Co-Elevation

For decades, business has elevated the role of the leader. But our research with more than 3,000 teams reveals a stark reality: traditional leadership approaches leave leave billions of dollars of shareholder value on the table. When teams adopt what I call “Co-elevation” – a commitment among teammates to win together and push each other...

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Never Lead Alone: The Relationship Revolution That Powers Elite Teams

For years, I almost turned my back on by bestselling book, Never Eat Alone. Despite the book’s global success, I was reluctant to be labeled “the networking guy.” I always felt my mission was different: cracking the code of how to create better organizations, transform business and transform the world. But 20 years after writing...

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