Kathleen Eisenhardt: Team Composition

October 4, 2006 presentation by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program Educators Corner in the School of Engineering at Stanford University.

Kathy Eisenhardt, co-director of Stanford Technology Ventures Program and professor in Management Science and Engineering, discusses the size and composition of successful teams. She recommends a team of three to five cross-functional people with diverse age group and experience.

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[grunder20]

I want to meet her. Good video!

[agapitoflores001]

Team leaders should take note of these. They can get many tips from here.

[channelYush]

My key takeaways:

1) Diversity in team's capabilities

2) People who have worked together

3) People of a variety of ages (with different life experiences) -- institutionalize some conflict

[javed86]

Ive found that a team composed of profesionals from varied fields or strengths [eg marketer, financial analyst, manager, Tech expert, Researcher] work better because no one tries to out smart the other and they respect one another due to the fact that its understod that there is only 1 person more knowledgable in a concentration than the other so theres more room to learn from colleagues.