Doing More with Teams

A new model for productive teamwork that generates wealth From instincts as ancient as our hunter and gatherer stages, men and women have worked in teams. But what have we really learned about these drives and desires in a lasting way? Does all of the selfishness and scandal in business and government today suggest we have spilt the special sauce of teamwork? Doing More With Teams explores what can be done to encourage a new form a competition so that organizations complete the challenges before them to drive growth and get results. From New York Times bestselling author, Bruce Piasecki offers new grounds for the idea of teamwork, and challenges the perception that individualism is the only way to wealth. Lays out a solid set of principles that work in all kinds of teams Author Bruce Piasecki′s previous book, Doing More with Less , is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal , and USA Today bestseller Doing More With Teams enlightens the world to a new, more ethical, more collaborative way forward.

Acknowledgments ix Winning without Weapons: A Preamble 1 PART I WHAT MAKES THIS CENTURY SEVERE? 11 Chapter 1 To Be Young Forever Is No Fun 13 Chapter 2 Aging across the Ages 33 PART II WHAT MAKES THIS CENTURY SWIFT? 57 Chapter 3 Team Coherence: Readjusting Your Gaze 59 Chapter 4 Team Integrity: Extending Our Wings 83 PART III A NEW KIND OF WINNING 101 Chapter 5 Lance Armstrong and the Pleasures of Accomplishment 103 Chapter 6 Freedom and Fate in Teams 129 Appendix A Bruce Piasecki&rsquo,s Core Team: The AHC Group 147 Appendix B Near Future Training 157 Also by Bruce Piasecki 163 Index 165