Teams are critical to the success of every organization. Departmental,
interdepartmental, cross-functional, ad hoc, task-specific--teams do
everything from planning the office party to setting the annual budget
to establishing performance goals.
But what separates the teams that really deliver from the ones that
simply spin their wheels? What is the secret of high-performance teams?
As he did in The Secret, Mark Miller uses a compelling business fable
to reveal profound yet easily grasped truths that can dramatically
transform any organization. Debbie Brewster, the heroine of The
Secret, has been promoted and is now struggling with taking her new
team to the next level. Her old mentor, Jeff Brown, the company's CEO,
sends her out to find the secret of teams. On her journey she learns
from three very different teams--the Special Forces, NASCAR, and a local
restaurant.
Debbie and her team discover the three elements that all successful
teams have in common. But that's just the beginning. The devil is in the
details, as the story of Debbie's efforts to actually implement the
three elements shows. You'll learn how to change entrenched ways of
thinking and acting, what you have to do to optimize each of the three
elements of a successful team, how to measure your progress, and more.
Creating high-performance teams does more than just give your
organization a competitive advantage. It can be a performance multiplier
that significantly improves results while honoring and developing
people. It may be the ultimate win-win-win that your organization is
seeking.
