Teams That Work: The Seven Drivers of Team Effectiveness

About Eduardo SalasScott Tannenbaum

Scott Tannenbaum has spent over 25 years working with providing evidence-based advice to and conducting highly cited research on teams across a vast array of settings and challenges. As the President of the Group for Organizational Effectiveness he has advised hundreds of organizations globally including more than 75 Fortune and Global 1000 companies across every major business sector. He's also supported teams that work on oil rigs parachute into fires perform surgery dive undersea engage in combat treat cancer play rugby and prepare for future space missions. He was named a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists who honored him with their Distinguished Professional Contributions Award. Eduardo Salas is the Allyn R. & Gladys M. Cline Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University. A prolific author and active consultant he has published over 500 articles and chapters and his work has been cited over 90000 times. Eduardo has consulted in a wide range of manufacturing pharmaceutical industrial healthcare and governmental organizations and has designed team training and tools for use by teams in oil and gas aviation military aerospace law enforcement and medical environments. He is a Past President of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology and the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society and is a Fellow in numerous scientific societies. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Psychological Association.