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Good Team, Bad Team
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Good Team, Bad Team

Lead Your People to Go After Big Challenges, Not Each Other

Sarah Thurber and Blair Miller
Page Two Publishers, 2024
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9

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Congratulations: You’re in charge of a high-profile team. Unfortunately, personnel problems hamper you and your team, so you seldom get the results you want. The main issue is a lack of unity. How can you solve this and other team-building problems? In this engaging, informative book, team-building experts Sarah Thurber and Blair Miller explain how to turn your bad team into a great one, basing much of their advice on the fascinating science of cognitive diversity. They also explain their “FourSight” problem-solving system, which has been used by Nike, NASA, and the United States Navy SEALs.

Summary

Good teams can hit big goals and save your organization substantial money.

Team-building is vital for any organization. Strong teams can make a difference for their organizations, accomplish big goals, and even save millions of dollars. However, if teams lack sound leadership, their members may end up going after one another and not addressing the challenges their company needs them to handle.

Leaders must support their team’s individual members and bring them together to accomplish the organization’s goals. Start with a plan. Learn everything you can about each member of your team. Figure out each team member’s individual thinking preferences. Use a shared, well-understood problem-solving strategy to nurture respectful, ambitious, determined, and effective teamwork. And, clarify your team’s purpose so that every member understands it and feels motivated to achieve it.

Focus first on your team members and then on the team’s goal.

To develop a worthy team, focus on your team members before you focus on their shared goals. Pay attention to the diverse kinds of thinkers ...

About the Authors

Sarah Thurber and Dorte Nielsen wrote The Secret of the Highly Creative Thinker, fourth on Inc.’s list of “44 Favorite Books of High Achievers.” Blair Miller, PhD, president of Blair Miller Innovation, is a co-founding partner and research coordinator at FourSight, where Thurber is managing partner.

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