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André Martin

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in Iowa City, The United States

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https://www.teamand.co

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Business, Self Help, Leadership

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Dr. André Martin doesn't just study high-performing teams—he's built them at the world's most demanding companies. As Chief Talent Officer at Mars, Nike, Google, and Target, André discovered a counterintuitive truth: The difference between good teams and legendary ones isn't talent, resources, or even strategy. It's collective confidence—that electric belief that together, nothing is impossible.

His journey from watching his ragtag youth soccer team topple giants in small-town Missouri to orchestrating talent strategies for Fortune 100 companies revealed a pattern: Teams that believe in their combined capability consistently outperform those with superior individual talent. This insight, backed by decades of organizational psychology researc ...more

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	Wrong Fit, Right Fit: Why How We Work Matters More Than Ever 3.98 avg rating — 55 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Best Team in 1985 Lasted 10 Hours

On the night of January 28, 1985, more than forty-five of the biggest recording artists in the world left the American Music Awards and drove to A&M Studios in Hollywood. The sign taped to the studio door read "check your ego at the door." They started after the show and walked out at eight the next morning with a finished record. Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie had written the song the week bef Read more of this blog post »

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