The Best Team Wins, Adrian Gostick
The Best Team Wins, Adrian Gostick
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The Best Team Wins
The New Science of High Performance

Author: Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton

Narrator: Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/13/2018


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling authors of The Carrot Principle and All In deliver a breakthrough, groundbreaking guide for building today’s most collaborative teams—so any organization can operate at peak performance.

A massive shift is taking place in the business world. In today’s average company, up to eighty percent of employees’ days are now spent working in teams. And yet the teams most people find themselves in are nowhere near as effective as they could be. They’re often divided by tensions, if not outright dissension, and dysfunctional teams drain employees’ energy, enthusiasm, and creativity. Now Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton share the proven ways managers can build cohesive, productive teams, despite the distractions and challenges every business is facing.

In The Best Team Wins, Gostick and Elton studied more than 850,000 employee engagement surveys to develop their “Five Disciplines of Team Leaders,” explaining how to recognize and motivate different generations to enhance individual engagement; ways to promote healthy discord and spark innovation; and techniques to unify customer focus and build bridges across functions, cultures, and distance. They’ve shared these disciplines with their corporate clients and have now distilled their breakthrough findings into a succinct, engaging guide for business leaders everywhere. Gostick and Elton offer practical ways to address the real challenges today’s managers are facing, such as the rise of the Millennials, the increasing speed of change, the growing number of global and virtual teams, and the friction created by working cross-functionally.

This is a must-read for anyone looking to maximize performance at work, from two of the most successful corporate consultants of their generation, whom The New York Times called “creative and refreshing.”

About Adrian Gostick

Adrian Gostick is the New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Best Team WinsThe Carrot Principle, and All In, which are sold in more than fifty countries around the world. He is a founder of the global training firm The Culture Works, with a focus in culture, teamwork, and employee motivation. Learn more at TheCultureWorks.com or CarrotGuys.com.

About Chester Elton

Chester Elton is coauthor of The Best Team WinsThe Carrot Principle, and All In, a popular lecturer, and an influential voice in global workplace trends. He is a founder of The Culture Works and advises the leadership teams of numerous Fortune 500 firms on cultural and teamwork issues. Learn more at TheCultureWorks.com or CarrotGuys.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lindsay on January 09, 2018

Such a good read! I've been an individual contributor and a manager in a few different organizations over the years, so I get both sides of the spectrum when it comes to guiding and contributing. Great stories and realistic tips on being a part of a successful, and functioning team. Going to need a......more

Goodreads review by Austin on April 15, 2024

While a little outdated, this was a good read on how to empower your team members. I enjoyed the section around new hires, as it helped me get a good understanding of how to best prepare them. A little long, but a solid read nonetheless......more

Goodreads review by my on October 11, 2020

I don't know what to say. I really did not enjoy this book. That doesn't mean it doesn't contain quality, valuable information. But I did not enjoy it. Saying that, I ought to offer some constructive criticism, but I'm at a loss there. The chapters seemed to go on and on and on. Certainly this was due......more

Goodreads review by Dr Ufaque on February 09, 2022

*The Best Team Wins* A book by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton. As you might have got the idea from its title. This book is all about how one can form a great, productive, and creative team. The book starts with different experiences of managers from several fields with a different set of generations......more

Goodreads review by Greg on February 10, 2024

A book filled with wisdom and advice on how to manage teams. There are a lot of good nuggets in this book. My biggest critique is that the subtitle ("The New Science of High Performance") is misleading. There is barely any "science" in this book. It is filled mostly with anecdotes and not data. Prim......more