SuperTeams: Using the Principles of RESPECT™ to Unleash Explosive Business Performance

Introduction

by Dr. Paul Marciano

My wife, Karen, is an elementary school teacher, and she once asked me to read the children’s book Madeline to her second-grade class. (My maternal grandfather, Ludwig Bemelmans, is the author and illustrator.) As soon as you walk into Karen’s classroom, you see a poster with the words “Respect, Resourcefulness, and Responsibility”—the three Rs by which she runs her classroom. After I finished reading, a small boy, Dhananjay, raised his hand and asked, “Are you a teacher?” At first I replied, “No,” but then I changed my answer and said, “Actually, I am a teacher. I teach adults about respect.” He responded, “Why, do they forget?” Out of the mouths of babes.

I am passionate about spreading respect in the workplace ...