# The Discipline of Teams

*Katzenbach · Team Learning · Harvard Business Review · 1993 · Open access*

The HBR article (later expanded into a book) that defined what distinguishes real teams from working groups. Argues that teams require mutual accountability, complementary skills, and common commitment to shared goals — not just shared values or cooperative culture. The discipline of teams is a performance discipline, not a social one.

- **This page:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/katzenbach-smith-1993/
- **View the source paper:** https://www.pickardlaws.com/myleadership/myfiles/rtdocs/hbr/old/DisciplineTeamsHBR0393.pdf
- **Interactive map:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/?mode=papers&node=katzenbach-smith-1993

## Connected concepts (6)

- [Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/edmondson-1999.md) (paper)
- [Psychological Safety: A Meta-Analytic Review and Extension](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/frazier-et-al-2017.md) (paper)
- [Collective Responsibility](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/leaders-are-not-solely-responsible-for-psychological-safety.md)
- [Contracting & Recontracting](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/contracting-and-recontracting.md)
- [High Performing Teams](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/high-performing-teams.md)
- [Tuckman's Model](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-88-tuckmans-model.md)