Synopses & Reviews
From instincts as ancient as our hunter-gatherer stages, human beings have worked in teams. But what have we really learned about what drives us to cooperate and collaborate with each other? Does all of the selfishness and scandal in business and government today suggest we have spilt the special sauce of teamwork?
Doing More with Teams explores what can be done to encourage a new form of competition so that organizations complete the challenges before them to drive growth and get results. It offers a new premise for the idea of teamwork and challenges the perception that individualism is the only way to wealth. Through real-life and historical examples of teams that have inspired awe, this book lays out a solid set of principles that work for all kinds of teams, including:
- How aging teaches us the value of teams as a source of meaningfulness in life
- How to establish clear principles that call for shared responsibility throughout an organization
- How to avoid individual motivators that undermine the importance of teams
- The costs of an excessive expectation of ceaseless victory
- Why the best team captains are those who quickly and accurately assess team members' capabilitiesand figure out how that affects the group
Doing More with Teams enlightens the world to a new, more ethical, more collaborative way forward and shows us how best to tap into the magic of teamwork.
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A new model for productive teamwork that generates wealthFrom instincts as ancient as our hunter and gatherer stages, men and women have worked in teams. But what have we really learned about these drives and desires in a lasting way? Does all of the selfishness and scandal in business and government today suggest we have spilt the special sauce of teamwork? Doing More With Teams explores what can be done to encourage a new form a competition so that organizations complete the challenges before them to drive growth and get results. From New York Times bestselling author, Bruce Piasecki offers new grounds for the idea of teamwork, and challenges the perception that individualism is the only way to wealth.
- Lays out a solid set of principles that work in all kinds of teams
- Author Bruce Piasecki's previous book, Doing More with Less, is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller
Doing More With Teams enlightens the world to a new, more ethical, more collaborative way forward.
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Praise for
Doing More with Teams"Bruce Piasecki might well be the most interesting writer in the field of business today, in large part because he brings the perspective of a humanist with broad literary training to the table, as in this compelling book about working in teams. Only together do we, as the human race, move forward. This is true in all aspects of life but especially in business. An inspired and inspiring book."
JAY PARINI, author of The Last Station
"Everyone involved in creating exceptional teams should read Bruce Piasecki's stunning new book. This is the most fun and fundamental business and society book I've read in decades. Doing More with Teams is skillfully narrated, with plenty of spice for corporate, military, and sports teams. With warmth and wit, he describes the power of teamwork and high performanceand once again, Bruce adds a sense of magic to it. Piasecki offers us an amazing read that opens our mind as it empowers our actions."
COLONEL JOHN MOGGE (USAF Retired), SVP, CH2MHILL
About the Author
BRUCE PIASECKI is President and founder of AHC Group, Inc., a management consulting firm. For more than thirty years, AHC Group has focused on the critical areas of corporate governance consulting, energy, and environmental strategy, product innovation, and sustainability strategy. Whether working with Toyota, Shaw Industries, Suncor Energy, or FMC, Bruce and his team show companies how to compete on price, quality, and social needs. Piasecki has evolved from a niche expert on environmental issues for Fortune 500 corporations to a mainstream advocate for sustainable strategies for everyone. He has taught at Cornell University, Clarkson University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, becoming a tenured faculty member and then a director of a master of science graduate program. Piasecki holds a PhD and bachelor's degree from Cornell University, where he was a Cornell National Scholar Award winner. He is the author of the bestselling Doing More with Less (Wiley).
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Winning without Weapons: A Preamble 1
PART I WHAT MAKES THIS CENTURY SEVERE? 11
Chapter 1 To Be Young Forever Is No Fun 13
Chapter 2 Aging across the Ages 33
PART II WHAT MAKES THIS CENTURY SWIFT? 57
Chapter 3 Team Coherence: Readjusting Your Gaze 59
Chapter 4 Team Integrity: Extending Our Wings 83
PART III A NEW KIND OF WINNING 101
Chapter 5 Lance Armstrong and the Pleasures of Accomplishment 103
Chapter 6 Freedom and Fate in Teams 129
Appendix A Bruce Piasecki’s Core Team: The AHC Group 147
Appendix B Near Future Training 157
Also by Bruce Piasecki 163
Index 165