{"product_id":"leading-teams-isbn-9781118392096","title":"Leading Teams","description":"\u003cb\u003eImportant new insights on team leadership and motivation, along with powerful tools and techniques taken from the world of sports\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow do the sports world's most successful coaches instill their teams with esprit de corps, a collaborative mindset, and an unbeatable desire to win? More importantly, what can business leaders and managers learn from their example? This book answers these and a host of key questions about what it takes to be a successful leader in business or in sports. Drawing upon their unique experiences working with top sports coaches, as well as some of the world's leading corporate executives, authors Dino Ruta and Paolo Guenzi offer important new insights into team leadership and motivation, as well as new tools for optimizing teamwork and inspiring teams to reach for and achieve new heights of glory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops a bold new team leadership model for managers at all levels, team leaders, project managers and facilitators, as well as sport coaches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArms you with powerful tools and techniques adapted from the world of sport for optimizing teamwork, driving motivating and instilling an unstoppable desire to win\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn indispensable source of insight and ideas for executives and managers in companies of all sizes, and an important supplement for postgraduate management programs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Foreword ix  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Why Sport and Management? 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Management Models of Team Leadership 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A New Team Leadership Model 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Team Leader as Manager 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Team Leader as Coach 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Team Leadership: A Word from the Coaches 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarlo Ancelotti 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon Casey 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSasha Djordjevic 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Kirwan 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarcello Lippi 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoberto Mancini 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDan Peterson 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimone Pianigiani 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCesare Prandelli 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArrigo Sacchi 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmilio Sánchez 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJulio Velasco 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGianluca Vialli 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho’s Who of Sports Coaches 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 331\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"... its management credentials are impeccable and its thinking well-ordered.\" (\u003cem\u003ePeople Management,\u003c\/em\u003e June 2013) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eLeading Teams\u003c\/em\u003e is an interesting read and I would recommend it to management executives or anyone supervising a team who wishes to positively encourage and develop their business staff.\" (\u003cem\u003ePA Life,\u003c\/em\u003e July 2013) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eLeading Teams\u003c\/em\u003e is refreshing in that it examines the link between sport and business with a seriousness which shuns the usual team building, away day clich??s.\" (\u003cem\u003eCommunication Director,\u003c\/em\u003e Nov Dec 2013)  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHORS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAOLO GUENZI\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing at Bocconi University, and Professor in the Department of Marketing at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where he is the director of the courses on sales management. He teaches sales force management in the Executive Master in Marketing \u0026amp; Sales and in the Executive MBA. He has published several books and more than thirty articles in leading academic journals. His primary research interests are sales force management \u0026amp; leadership, marketing \u0026amp; sales relationships, and sports and entertainment marketing. He is on the Editorial Board of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Personal Selling \u0026amp; Sales Management\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Sport Marketing \u0026amp; Sponsorship\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the track chair of the Sales Management \u0026amp; Personal Selling Track of the European Marketing Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDINO RUTA\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Organization and Human Resource Management at SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is Scientific Director of the FIFA International Master in Humanities, Management and Law of Sports. He leads the Sport Business Academy and the Sport Innovation Laboratory at SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is also Director of the Master in Organization and Human Resource Management at Bocconi University. His research activities are focused on leadership, human resources and sport management, integrating cultural and business results. He teaches People Strategy and Metrics, Leadership, and Cultural Event Management. He has published in leading academic journals as well as publishing books for several international publishers.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTop business professors from Bocconi University bring us the latest new insights on team leadership and motivation with tools and techniques from the world of sport that show how top coaches optimize teamwork. This is a distinctive and vivid new book on the skills needed to lead teams, offering new models and techniques that will be welcomed by coaches and managers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThanks to the dual perspective of the book (management and sport), its target market includes both business school and sports management sectors. It will be useful to business managers, as well as sports managers, and leaders everywhere. In addition, \u003ci\u003eLeading Teams\u003c\/i\u003e is relevant for management coaching in organizations, clubs, leagues and federations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989518958821,"sku":"NP9781118392096","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118392096.jpg?v=1761784432","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/leading-teams-isbn-9781118392096","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}