Are You a Team or a Meeting? (Paperback)

How to Build Teams That Win: An Economist Edge book

Nick Pope

An all-new guide to building and sustaining high performing teams

Winning is a team sport, right?

True, we need to collaborate to make sense of today's challenges. But simply bringing people together is no guarantee of success. Too often, so-called teams are just groups of individuals, attending too many aimless meetings.

It doesn't have to be that way. Using the author's high-performing teams framework, Are You a Team or a Meeting? shows team leaders and members alike how to:

* create teams of the right size and composition
* focus on team purpose to help you prioritise
* encourage healthy challenge and open communication
* develop systems, habits and behaviours that help teams win

Publication date: February 12, 2026

£11.99

ISBN: 9781800819092

Imprint: Economist Books

Subject: Business & Management

Are You a Team or a Meeting? (Ebook)

How to Build Teams That Win: An Economist Edge book

Nick Pope

An all-new guide to building and sustaining high performing teams

Winning is a team sport, right?

True, we need to collaborate to make sense of today's challenges. But simply bringing people together is no guarantee of success. Too often, so-called teams are just groups of individuals, attending too many aimless meetings.

It doesn't have to be that way. Using the author's high-performing teams framework, Are You a Team or a Meeting? shows team leaders and members alike how to:

* create teams of the right size and composition
* focus on team purpose to help you prioritise
* encourage healthy challenge and open communication
* develop systems, habits and behaviours that help teams win

Publication date: February 12, 2026

£9.99

ISBN: 9781800819108

ISBN 10 / ASIN: B0F8KJ7XRL

Imprint: Economist Books

Subject: Business & Management

Reviews for Are You a Team or a Meeting?

'A brilliant, practical guide on how to make teamwork work again'

Steve Martin, bestselling author of Yes! 

'Refreshingly practical - it challenged me to move beyond running meetings and inspired me to build a team with real purpose, trust, and results'

Paddy Hull, Senior Director Global Talent & Leadership at Heineken 

'Hope is at hand with this excellent book by Nick Pope. . . I thoroughly recommend it for team leaders working in any sector, and for team coaches'

Professor Peter Hawkins best-selling author of Systemic Coaching 

'Dr Nick Pope's wry observations of what a team actually is and what can so easily go wrong will have you smiling in recognition. He's certainly put in the hours - deep academic research as well working with over a thousand teams across fifty different countries - and it really shows. His highly practical insights into how to make collaboration (which goes beyond cooperation) real and effective should be read by anyone who is - or wants to be - a leader'

Neil Mullarkey, author of In The Moment 

'Challenges all of us who have stifled yawns or surreptitiously caught up with e-mails during team meetings . . . both a call to action and a practical manual, offering a roadmap for building teams in today's complex world'

 London Business Matters

Nick Pope

Nick Pope

Nick Pope has two decades of experience working with leading companies such as Nike, Unilever, Gucci, M&S, and Lloyds Bank, helping them develop effective teams at all levels of their organisations. He has published with the British Academy of Management and in several industry trade journals. He currently lives in Sydney, Australia, with regular trips to the US and his native UK.