FOREWORD

Why are some teams capable of being great and sustaining their high performance over a long period of time—while others can’t? We see it happen not just in sports. We also see it happen in business teams with companies like Starbucks, Southwest Airlines, members of the Inc. 500 list, and so on.

How are they able to consistently outperform their competition time and time again?

I have studied the best-of-the-best team builders in sports and in business over the last twenty-five years and uncovered what makes the great teams great. I have witnessed how great teams are in constant study of other great teams to learn what they need to come together, to manage adversity as a group, to find a common purpose, to protect their inner circle, ...

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