Winning Teams--Winning Cultures

by Larry Senn, Jim Hart

The practical, time-tested concepts in this book will provide you with benefits on three Personal, Team and Organizational. You will be introduced to a set of universal principles of leadership and life effectiveness that will help you personally be at your best more of the time. Next, you learn how to be a better team leader and team player by gaining an understanding of the eight characteristics of a winning team. Finally, you will learn a proven process to create a winning culture for your group or your overall one that ensures long-term success and a fully engaged workforce. These ideas and principals have been used to advantage by more than one hundred of the Global 1000 CEO’s around the world, and by thousands of teams and leaders. Read the book to enhance your leadership and life effectiveness, to build your team or to play a role in creating a winning culture in your organization.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Leadership

236 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2006

Reviews

[Jennifer Meyers · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would recommend this book as I believe it develops a solid foundation for the connection between change management and culture shaping. I was looking for something a little more instructional and less theoretical as I already understood, and agreed with the concept. I particularly liked the Cultural Profile and the importance of taking ownership of ones thoughts in order to manage ones moods. Not new stuff today, but still important.

[Mohan Maddi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome book.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this and I guarantee I will return to it again and again.

[George Hipp · Rating 5 out of 5]

I believe this was a book used for leadership development in one of my previous roles. It has good info and I have recommended to jr / new managers and high individual contributors over the years.

[David Steyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book talks about the basics. And what do I mean by the basics:

1. Culture - Culture is everything and is the hardest thing to change. It is one's fundamental beliefs. When culture is aligned, people do great things, when its not, you have a poor performing organization. Again this is the basics. What the book does not address is how does one get long term change vs the spur of the moment or focus. How to prevent going back to the old ways. I have seen this over and over with many companies. They buy in initially, and then back out. Going from Waterfall to Agile is a modern day example which requires a huge culture change that does not happen overnight.

2. Leadership - Ah yes the tone form the top and actually having leadership. Would that not be nice? Again, something basic that fails at lots of corporations. I worked at a company where the CIO was mad he had to go to the Board for funding. Imagine the horror of good governance? What message does that send?

The book is dated. Its from 2006. That does not mean it is not relevant in today's corporations, again its the basics, but the examples may not be familiar to younger readers.