Committed Teams: Three Steps to Inspiring Passion and Performance

by Mario Moussa, Madeline Boyer, Derek Newberry

Build high-performing teams with an evidence-based framework that delivers results Committed Teams: Three Steps to Inspiring Passion and Performance is based on a deceptively simple philosophy: set a direction, try to stay on track, and make adjustments when necessary.  Easy to do?  Hardly--especially when the typical workday is time-crunched, stressful, and deadline-driven.  Drawing on research done at the Wharton School of Business, the authors reveal how to deliver results under these tough conditions. Tested and refined in Wharton's Executive Development Program, Committed Teams will help you gain buy-in for shared objectives, assign roles to the right people, and establish norms for effective collaboration.  Whether your team aims to execute a strategy, produce breakthrough innovations, collaborate across global boundaries, or launch a new venture, this how-to guide offers the pragmatic advice you need.  Engaging stories and illustrative examples from business, entertainment, sports, and the arts bring the three-step process to life. This game-changing book provides the tools for: If you want to be competitive in a demanding, fast-paced work environment, you need to rely on a high-performing team.  Committed Teams is the indispensable resource for creating one.

Genres: Business, Leadership

256 pages, Hardcover

First published April 18, 2016

Reviews

[Andrew Anderson · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a really bad example of a management book. The authors are more concerned with name dropping all of the people they have worked with than actually imparting knowledge. Perhaps they have good ideas, but they hide them behind impenetrable and unending anecdotes that rarely get to any meaningful point.

[Pat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Required reading for my new position at work. Author used big words for some basic concepts....didn’t impress me.

[Darren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Billed as three steps to inspire passion and performance, this book is based around a fairly simple scheme, namely set a direction, stay on track and amend slightly the course if necessary. It sounds so easy, doesn’t it, yet the authors admit that our typical workday can work against us and inhibit implementing this simple plan, so they seek to help find us reach success in whatever way possible.

The authors have developed and refined this programme as part of an extensive research process and believe that it has the capability to deliver great results for team-working, allowing a powerful entity to work towards their common goals. It works by aligning team member interests to a common vision, provides efficiencies and clear areas of responsibility and leads to high-performance, powerful project execution.

It makes for an interesting read, although it felt to be a bit of a slow burner, requiring a bit more persistence and focus when reading. It evoked a sense of credibility and authority rather than relying on “fake enthusiasm” and unrealistic promises of success that many similar books tend to fall back on. The knowledge being imparted was understandable and capable of being implemented. It certainly had a good mix of theory and practice to draw you in and get you wanting to investigate further.

A book with potential and a worthy read to see if you can kickstart your project working in the future.

[giftedteacher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives insight into the pitfalls and positives of teams, and how to best make them work. I see the value of things like analyzing team members' bargaining styles even within groups of students, or family members! I understand why some groups "clicked" and others did not.

I received this book as an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

[giftedteacher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives insight into the pitfalls and positives of teams, and how to best make them work. I see the value of things like analyzing team members' bargaining styles even within groups of students, or family members! I understand why some groups "clicked" and others did not.

I received this book as an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.