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David Burkus is an associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University. He is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and the Financial Times. A popular corporate speaker, he has worked with a variety of business, from start-ups to Fortune 500 mehr anzeigen companies. weniger anzeigen
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Burkus’ thesis is that common understanding, psychological safety, and prosocial purpose feed off of each other to produce both happier team members and high performance. He does bring out a few quantitative statistics to bolster his case, but he mostly inspires through well-researched stories. This book, in many ways, falls under the genre of inspiration for management, business, and leadership more than a carefully argued or reasoned case.
That leads me to the main drawback of this book. It is high on the pathos through inspirational stories; it’s also high on ethos through examples of well-known organizations; but it lacks logos via a methodical, research-driven case. It feels like church, only for teamwork. Now, I go to church, and I like teamwork. So there’s nothing wrong with these. Nonetheless, given this book’s subtitle touting “surprising science,” I just wanted more cognitive stimulation than I found. Indeed, the theme of the strong value of community can be found all over today’s business books. I wanted more originality.
Team and organizational leaders serve as an obvious audience for this book, but anyone who wants to work better with teammates can benefit. Books like this can get my eyes off of just fulfilling my desires and refocus my eyes onto helping those around me fulfill their challenges. Since reading this book, I’ve started to listen more deliberately and attentively to colleagues’ updates in meetings. And that’s all you can ask for a book like this: to gain a few nuggets to make your performance just a little better.… (mehr)