Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations (36 page)

Additional Praise for
Team Genius

“As technology moves ever faster, teamwork in business becomes ever more critical.
Team Genius
offers great advice on how to do it right.”

—Tom Staggs, chief operating officer, Walt Disney Company

“
Team Genius
reveals a science-based breakthrough to building teams of people as small as a pair and as large as thousands. Leaders are only as good as the teams they build. If you want to be a standout leader, you must read
Team Genius
.”

—Cameron Herold, executive coach, former chief operating officer of 1-800-GOT-JUNK and author of
Double Double: How to Double Your Revenue and Profits in Three Years

“
Team Genius
is a rewarding look at one of the most fundamental of human forms—the team. Building on relevant and readable theories, the authors draw from an abundance of real-world (and fun) examples to show what it means to understand, develop, improve, and retire successful teams. Highly recommended!”

—John Schlifske, chairman and chief executive, Northwestern Mutual

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Credits

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Copyright

TEAM GENIUS
. Copyright © 2015 by Rich Karlgaard and Michael S. Malone. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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EPub Edition July 2015 ISBN 9780062302564

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