Great Teams

16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently

By: Don Yaeger

Narrated by: Steven Grimsley

What makes a team great? Not just good and not just functional—but great?

Over six years, long-time Sports Illustrated editor Don Yaeger was invited by some of the greatest companies in the world to speak about the habits of high-performing individuals. From Microsoft and Starbucks to the New England Patriots and San Antonio Spurs, what do some organizations do seemingly better than most of their opponents?

Don took the challenge. He began building into his travel schedule opportunities to interview our generation’s greatest team builders from the sports and business worlds. During this process, he conducted more than 100 interviews with some of the most successful teams and organizations in the country. From those interviews, Don identified 16 habits that drive these high-performing teams.

Building on the stories, examples, and first-hand accounts, each chapter in Great Teams comes with applicable examples on how to apply these characteristics in any organization. Great Teams includes:

• Life lessons from some of the most notable names in sports and business applied to team-making in any situation
• Interviews from well-known players from Peyton and Eli Manning to Kevin Durant
• Skills to allow culture to shape who you recruit, manage dysfunction, friction, and strong personalities
• Advice on how to win in critical situations, embrace change, build a mentoring culture, and see value others miss

Great Teams is the ultimate intersection of the sports and business worlds and a powerful companion for thought leaders, teams, managers, and organizations that seek to perform similarly. The insight shared in this book is sure to enhance any team in its pursuit of excellence.

A must read for any leader.

If you are a leader this is a must read for you. Don speaks to some of the most successful organizations on the planet and gives us an insight into what they are doing correctly. This is a great starting place for anyone starting off as a leader or trying to refresh themselves on what leadership is all about.

Go Buy The Book

There was so much great information in this book; I now need to go get the book so i can underline and journal the key points.

a must for everyone on a team or leading one

what an amazing set of insights from the most amazing coaches, we'll written and insightful

Excellent book with practical takeaways & examples

This was an easy listen and had many great points I've been sharing with my team. If you want to increase your leadership lid, listen to this book... preferably more than once!

Okay read

Great book I sometimes got lost in the American sports analysis however the business narrative makes up for it