Ryan Hawk

Now, on to tonight's featured leader.

Dr. Ron Friedman is a psychologist, researcher, and the author of Super Teams, The Science and Secrets of High-Performing Teams.

Ron and his team spent years studying what the best teams in the world actually do differently, surveying thousands of professionals, analyzing more than 100,000 data points,

and publishing research that became the second most read article in Harvard Business Review history.

During our conversation, we discussed why the most popular productivity tips show zero correlation with better team performance and what super teams did instead.

And then...

What Chevy Chase and Tina Fey reveal about the difference between a toxic teammate and a great one.

What the Succession Writer's Room teaches us about the kind of feedback that actually makes teams better.

And then the research on recurring meetings that led Shopify to ban them entirely and what happened when they did.

Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Ron Friedman.

So I loved reading about, briefly, your dad.

You said he threw himself into impossible challenges and taught us, I love this, the dignity of hard work.

Can you tell me more about your dad?

Wow.

What made you choose to dedicate it to him?

He just recently passed away.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I love hearing about great people that have influenced you.

And so I appreciate you sharing that, man.

Yeah, for sure.