Extreme Dreams Depend on Teams, Pat Williams
Extreme Dreams Depend on Teams, Pat Williams
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Extreme Dreams Depend on Teams
Foreword by Doc Rivers and Patrick Lencioni

Author: Pat Williams, Jim Denney

Narrator: Pat Williams

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 09/03/2009


Synopsis

EXTREME DREAMS really do DEPEND ON TEAMS!

Their accomplishments are hailed as amazing "individual" feats: Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic. Thomas Edison creating a thousand patented inventions. Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. Lance Armstrong winning seven straight Tours de France. Though the vision of each of these people changed the world, all of these so-called individual feats were achieved through teamwork. Lindbergh, Edison, Michelangelo, and Armstrong were master team-builders who recruited people with diverse skills, talents, and temperaments. They reached "impossible" heights through teamwork.

Extreme dreams depend on teams - lack of teamwork is often why big dreams go unrealised. Using examples and anecdotes from history and contemporary people, Pat Williams shows how the greatest world-changing events came to be as the result of the passion of one person. In each case a team was assembled with people equipped in the various areas needed to bring the vision to pass. Pat addresses team assembly, dynamics and pitfalls to give listeners guidance they can immediately apply to their own circumstances.

If you want to achieve a grand vision.
If you want to make "impossible" dreams comes true.
You need the power of teamwork.

About Pat Williams

Pat Williams is a basketball Hall-of-Famer, currently serving as cofounder and senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic. Pat has been the general manager with NBA teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Orlando, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history. In 2012, Pat received the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. With more than fifty years of professional sports experience, he has written more than 100 books, including the popular Coach Wooden, How to Be Like Mike, How to Be Like Coach Wooden, and How to Be Like Women of Influence. Also one of America's top motivational and inspirational corporate speakers, Pat has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marta

This book was at the same time inspirational, motivational and just plain fun to read. As an NBA fan I loved reading all Mr. Williams stories about basketball as they fit into his theme of team building - there isn't a sports fan around who wouldn't love this book simply from that aspect. But I also......more

Goodreads review by Todd

A good book about setting big goals and utilizing teams. Some great examples and stories. Solid message. A-......more

Goodreads review by Kim

Michelangelo did not paint the Sistine Chapel! Not alone anyway. When he was commissioned by Pope Julius II to execute an Extreme Dream -- painting the Sistine Chapel – he became a master delegator. And so goes one of the many illustrative anecdotes in Extreme Dreams Depends on Teams by Pat Williams......more

Goodreads review by Shannon

Great Read and I highly recommend for those desiring to do something great.......more