Taking Your Team to the Top: How to Build and Manage Great Teams like the Pros

CHAPTER 7

SUCCESS: MAINTAINING EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK

You’ve made it this far. You’ve hired great talent, created a rock-solid mission statement, implemented a strong game plan, and dealt with adversity along the way. But one question lingers: how do I, as a leader, push forward, reach higher, and handle all of the success my company has seen? To be honest, staying on top is just as hard as getting there to begin with. The good news is that there are tried and true ways to maintain excellence and infuse your team with an understanding of how to handle success at the highest levels.

Aristotle said, “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because ...