This article reports that an executive leadership team can be a great asset to a company, as long as the team goes beyond presentations and policy setting to true collaboration and collective problem solving. Nancy Brown-Johnston, an author, offers some tips on successful executive teams: limitation of membership to 12 executives for better discussions and to enable personal relationships to mature; one needs to focus on strategic and tactical issues, delegating operational matters; one should strive for consensus and alignment on all critical decisions and should leave minds open to new ideas, practices, and people.