There Is an I in Team: What Elite Athletes and Coaches Really Know about High Performance

Mark de Rond is an associate professor of Strategy and Organization at Judge Business School, Cambridge University. His last book, The Last Amateurs, was selected by the Financial Times as one of the best business books of 2008.

"De Rond's book provides a good starting place for any school leader looking to further study team dynamics. His ideas are easy to follow, and De Rond provides excellent real-life examples to support the research." -- "School Administrator" magazine (AASA) "The Abilene Paradox is just one of many fascinating revelations in this important book. Teams from the worlds of sports to business to nonprofits to family groups can benefit from de Rond's revealing insights." -- Financial Executive International "intriguing new book" -- "Financial Times" "Successful sports coaches have always understood that a lack of conflict in teams is not always a good thing and a belief in luck can be an important power-enhancing tool. Now, argues de Rond, it is high time business managers realised the same thing." -- I: Global Intelligence for the CIO "de Rond combines the latest social and psychological research with stories from world-class sports teams and high-performance athletes, testing many popular notions about teams and teaching a new way to view team potential as a path to business advantage." -- Business Executive "Mark de Rond highlights similarities between key business dilemmas and issues faced on sports teams, discussing the lessons that managers can learn from the world of high performance athletes." -- HR Grapevine "de Rond explains why so many of the most talented, gifted individuals have trouble working in teams and presents ways for team leaders to overcome this obstacle to high team performance." -- "Business Digest" "de Rond looks at what top performance athletes and coaches know about high performance ...to challenge common assumptions about teams." -- "The Irish Times" "A very well researched and stimulating book." -- HR Zone ADVANCE PRAISE for "There Is an I in Team" Steve Hollis, Senior Partner, KPMG--"Very few business books make me stop and think. De Rond's latest work very skillfully t