321: He Studied 1000s of Teams — You're Losing 29 Hours a Week and Don't Know It | Ron Friedman, Ph.D.
Ron Friedman, Ph.D., award-winning social psychologist and bestselling author of Superteams and The Best Place to Work, shares what separates the small percentage of teams that consistently outperform everyone else. In this episode, host Damon Lembi and Ron explore why most teams lose as many as 29 hours every week to unnecessary meetings, messages, and low-value work—and what high-performing “superteams” do differently. Drawing from research across thousands of teams, Ron explains how leaders can build stronger collaboration, create team-first cultures, and design smarter ways of working.
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Key Leadership Lessons from Ron Friedman, Ph.D.’s Journey:
Team Performance Beats Individual Productivity – Learn why personal productivity hacks can actually slow down the group and why the best teams optimize for collective performance.
Protect Your Team’s Time – Discover meeting rules and collaboration practices that can give people hours of productive time back every week.
High Performance Depends on How Teams Handle Wins and Losses – Understand why strong teams learn from failure, celebrate success differently, and create cultures where the best ideas can surface.
Connect with Ron Friedman, Ph.D.:
Ron Friedman, Ph.D. is an award-winning social psychologist and bestselling author whose research focuses on motivation, collaboration, and high-performing teams. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Harvard Business Review, including his article “How to Build a Superteam That Keeps Getting Better.” Through Superteams, Ron translates research from thousands of teams into practical strategies leaders can use to improve collaboration, performance, and workplace culture.
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