Teamworks: Building Support Groups That Guarantee Success

by Barbara Sher, Annie Gottlieb

Describes the use of teams--comprised of colleagues, friends, or spouses--in order to provide a support group where goals can be expressed and the means to those goals analyzed and presents evidence of "Dream Team" success

Genres: Business, Self Help, Nonfiction

230 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1989

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Barbara Sher was a speaker, career/lifestyle coach, and best-selling author of seven books on goal achievement. Her books have sold millions of copies and been translated into many languages. She had appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, 60 Minutes, CNN, and Good Morning America and her public television specials aired regularly in the United States. Sher lectured at universities, Fortune 100 companies and professional conferences all over the world.
Sher's latest book, Refuse to Choose (Rodale 2006) is a step-by-step program designed for "scanners", people with many interests who are unable to decide on a single direction for their lives.

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Reviews

[Sasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent book. It's out of print, but it's worth buying a used copy. I read "Wishcraft" years ago, but really without a group it's not very useful, no matter how inspiring and smart it is when you first read it. "Teamworks" is about forming those groups, and it's very detailed. Personally I think it should be included with "Wishcraft" as a (long!) appendix.

There is a sad postscript, however. In "Teamworks" Barbara Sher declares that she's not interested in franchising, and exuberantly shares all kinds of information, not just for starting Success Teams but even for offering potentially paid seminars to get the teams started out. That was in the '80s. Well, if you check her website, you will find that this is no longer the case--now, at least in some form, she does engage in franchising, and the extremely (overly?) substantial package for leading seminars costs around $600. In some areas where a seminar leader is already located, they will not sell you the package. What I find really sad is that presumably people are still able to start their own free success teams, but this seems not to be encouraged, and starters are apparently obligated to state that they aren't licensed by Barbara Sher--but this isn't even clearly stated or encouraged. When you're in the middle of thinking of reaching out to strangers to work on a goal you're very stuck on and very vulnerable about, it's not great to read something so discouraging about actually doing what the author was convincing you to do... all because of money and liability.

If you're like me and whatever you read affects your moods more than it should, read the disappointing stuff on her website first, and then read the exciting and encouraging book-not the other way around!

[Judith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Greaat book. Your team can be one best friend or it can be your family.
The major point is don't do it alone. I tried to learn piano for twenty years and I can play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" very well.
And I still have no clue how to play the piano. I should have gotten a teacher year one.

[Lyn Jensen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't think this book was as helpful as Sher's "Wishcraft" because this book is directed at people who want to start a team, as opposed to individual goal-setting.