Great Organizations Are Built Around Great Teams

Mark Twain, in writing a long letter to a friend, apologized for not sending a shorter one – saying he “didn’t have the time.”   Time is at a premium, seeking new information is essential but books, because of their length, end up be reviewed rather than read.  Welcome to the “Orxestra one-chapter book.”  Easy to assimilate and absorb in one sitting, this is not a summary of a longer text or a hastily pulled together precis but a unique and carefully crafted offering focusing on a critical leadership issue. 



It’s difficult to define exactly what tomorrow’s organization will look like.   Two things can be assumed, however.  One: to survive, let alone thrive tomorrow’s organization will be fast, focused, flat, flexible and fertile (to new ideas).   Two: super teams will be more important than superstars.



Great Organizations Are Built Around Great Teams is a practical guide for (1) a new or established leader who needs to take the team to the next level; (2) the executive who feels that, as the organization navigates the turbulent water of change, the team is losing its impact;(3) the HR executive, division head, who in orchestrating team fit as central to the hiring process, needs to understand the  team he/she is hiring into; and/or (4) those with a coaching role that embraces the team.   Pragmatic and practical, the content puts persuasive ideas into practice.