{"id":138907,"date":"2025-01-07T16:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=138907"},"modified":"2025-01-09T16:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:35:17","slug":"how-to-build-a-cohesive-team-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-build-a-cohesive-team-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Cohesive Team: Finding Talent With Diverse Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What makes teams consistently perform well year after year? How can leaders build and maintain teams that dominate their competition?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <em>Leading<\/em>, Alex Ferguson reveals the principles of how to build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/cohesive-workplace\/\">cohesive team<\/a> that achieves sustained excellence. 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