Ten Commitments for Building High Performance Teams

by Tom Massey

This book belongs on every manager’s shelf!The ten commitments outlined in Tom Massey’s new book will help you get the right people in the right positions to develop a focused, values-driven, high performing team. Learn how to get every member to take personal ownership of your team’s success by creating shared purpose, values, and strategic goals. Gain insights on setting up profit sharing, establishing work standards, and correcting performance problems, in addition to creating a learning organization that is able to adapt to the challenges of the next century. Build a team environment where people have fun and play to win. Increase employee retention, job satisfaction, commitment, and productivity that will propel your team to championship performance.The empowering topics covered committing to getting the right people “on the bus,” getting everyone “on the same page,” creating a learning environment, sharing the profits and losses, turning around poor performance, dancing with your team members, playing to win, growing through adversity, having fun, and most importantly, playing "...lots of valuable management advice packed into 82 pages. Massey asks you to read the book all the way through and then read each commitment separately and incorporate it before moving onto the next commitment. The book is written in a straightforward common-sense approach. I highly recommend it for those of you in management or contemplating going into management. I plan to immediately implement these commitments into my team at work." —Cherie Fisher, readerviews.com"Team performance, according to Massey, is only as strong as the collective performance of members. This consultant says when committed, collaborative individuals with complementary skills work together, synergy takes place because total performance is greater than the sum of the individual parts. If you want your organization to surpass previous achievements by building highly-effective teams, then this text is a must-read and the tips must-apply for you." —Goke Ilesanmi, www.gokeilesanmi.com"The book is forceful and straightforward, an excellent tool for integrating your purpose statement, goals, objectives and performance. Massey's thoughtful analysis and creative thinking can be applied in every business setting. The format from the table of contents to the final chapter stimulates thought provoking reading. The book is designed to be read quickly for an overview. A second reading is necessary to digest, and assimilate the principles introduced. I recommend the book..." —Richard Blake, www.rdrpublishers.com and www.amazon.com"I have interviewed some of the major leaders of current times, including President Bush, Colin Powell, Zig Ziglar, and Michael Dell, for both print media and our syndicated radio show, ‘Business of Success.’ However, when I heard Dr. Tom Massey share some of his leadership concepts on our radio show and reviewed his book on leadership, I knew he was sharing a very special gift on how you can get better at discovering and developing your own personal strengths." —Alan Rothman, www.tommasseyinc.com

92 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2005

Reviews

[Brian Stankich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid Material on Team Life

Tom has a nice balance of breadth and depth. His experience comes out in his choice of stories. His ability to connect real life situations to his readers makes Ten Commitments a solid addition to the material on team life.