The power of a positive team
Subtitle: proven principles and practices that make great teams great
By: by Jon Gordon
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781119430247
Subjects: Teams in the workplace; Optimism; Organizational behavior
Description: Jon Gordon doesn't just research the keys to great teams, he has personally worked with some of the most successful teams on the planet and has a keen understanding of how and why they became great. In The Power of a Positive Team, Jon draws upon his unique team building experience as well as conversations with some of the greatest teams in history in order to provide an essential framework, filled with proven practices, to empower teams to work together more effectively and achieve superior results.Utilizing examples from the writing team who created the hit show Billions, the National Champion Clemson Football team, the World Series contending Los Angeles Dodgers, The Miami Heat and the greatest beach volleyball team of all time to Navy SEALs, Marching bands, Southwest Airlines, USC and UVA Tennis, Twitter, Apple and Ford, Jon shares innovative strategies to transform a group of individuals into a united, positive and powerful team.Jon not only infuses this book with the latest research, compelling stories, and strategies to maintain optimism through adversity he also shares his best practices to transform negativity, build trust (through his favorite team building exercises) and practical ways to have difficult conversations designed to make a team more positive, cohesive, stronger and better.The Power of a Positive Team also provides a blueprint for addressing common pitfalls that cause teams to fail including complaining, selfishness, inconsistency, complacency, unaccountabilitywhile offering solutions to enhance a teams creativity, grit, innovation and growth.This is a book meant for teams to read together. Its written in such a way that if you and your team read it together, you will understand the obstacles you will face and what you must do to become a great team. If you read it together, stay positive together, and take action together you will accomplish amazing things TOGETHER.

Gordon provides an essential framework, filled with proven practices, to empower teams to work together more effectively and achieve superior results. He shares innovative strategies to transform a group of individuals into a united, positive and powerful team, as well as practices to transform negativity, build trust, and practical ways to have difficult conversations designed to make a team more positive, cohesive, stronger and better. -- adapted from jacket
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: No one creates success alone; title: The power of positive; title: Positive teams create positive cultures; title: Positive teams work together toward a shared vision with a greater purpose; title: Positive teams work together with optimism, positivity, and belief; title: Positive teams transform and remove negativity; title: Positive teams communicate and connect; title: Positive teams commit and care; title: Positive teams are always striving to get better; title: We are better together; title: Are you a real team?; title: 11 thoughts about teamwork .