WINNING TEAMS is for managers and team leaders who to lead a dynamic, high performing team. There are many books about building teams. But this book offers a fresh new approach that identifies eight characteristics of high performing teams. Most team problems can be traced back to a simple misunderstanding, communication breakdown, or relationship malfunction. It's the people-dimension-not the task-dimension-that challenges team leaders. WINNING TEAMS offers leaders practical and easy-to-implement tools to profile and build a high performing team. Drawing upon the world's most successful team, this book provides insights into why the New Zealand All Blacks team has an 83% winning ratio. This book promises to show leaders how to apply this team's success formula in the world of sport to the world of work.

Practical and accessible with workbook activities and exercises for readers to do, this book shares the eight essential elements of teamwork, using Benincasa's exciting, challenging, and life-affirming experiences as an extreme world class adventure racer.

Winning isn't easy. The world is becoming more and more competitive, with a greater need than ever for people to work together effectively in teams to make organizations successful. There is no better model for success in business than the world of sport, with its bottom-line performance culture and its relentless focus on creating winning teams. In Why Teams Win, renowned sports psychologist Dr. Saul L. Miller-the man who teaches elite athletes and top sports teams how to be successful-uses sport as a powerful metaphor for the world of business. Why Teams Win distills Dr. Miller's work with hundreds of high-performance teams-in the worlds of sport, business, healthcare, and the arts-into lessons to help business teams perform. Why Teams Win: Identified the 9 key characteristics of successful teams. Describes how to improve personal, organizational, and team performance in each of these 9 areas. Explains how and why to apply different strategies to different types of teams. Outlines how to balance the needs of the individual with the needs of the team. Helps people work together and perform to the best of their abilities. Shows how to get the maximum potential out of a group of individuals. Features advice, quotes, and interviews from high-profile athletes and coaches, as well as from business leaders. Includes self-evaluation and team-building exercises. Why Teams Win offers anyone wanting to improve their personal and team performance a proven and accessible formula for success.

PRAISE FOR LEADING WINNING TEAMS “Trent Clark has taken three of the most important concepts for success— Leadership, Winning, and Teamwork—and laid out a game plan guaranteed to bring your organization into the big leagues. Leading Winning Teams will have you swinging for the fences!” —Harvey Mackay, Author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive “Leading Winning Teams simply teaches you how to lead like a CHAMPION. It’s a guide that becomes a cheat code to success. It has changed the way I run my business and the way I advise my clients. Welcome to the BIG LEAGUES!” —Brant Pinvidic, TV Executive, CEO and Founder of INvelop Entertainment, bestselling Author of The 3-Minute Rule, CEO of Reject Average “Leading Winning Teams is a playbook for excellence. Trent Clark’s experience in Major League Baseball and business translates seamlessly into invaluable lessons for leaders in any field.” —Matthew Pollard, The Rapid Growth® Guy and bestselling Author of The Introvert’s Edge Series “Leading Winning Teams is the perfect title for this book written by a guy who has done just that. As an MLB player, Trent pushed me to perform at my highest level on the greatest stage. As a small business owner and keynote speaker, Trent has helped me to gain confidence and find new ways to inspire the clients I teach and engage.” —Scott Spiezio, 2x MLB World Series Champion “Leading Winning Teams by Trent Clark is a powerhouse of insights and strategies, transforming the art of leadership and team dynamics. His expertise is a game-changer for anyone committed to achieving greatness in their field. This book is not just a read, it’s an actionable blueprint for success, inspiring leaders and teams to excel at the highest level, like champions!” —Lauren Sisler, ESPN Sports Reporter, Motivational Speaker, Author of Shatterproof

Since the “hunter-gatherer” days of old, human beings have instinctively worked in teams. But what have we really learned about what drives us to cooperate and collaborate with each other? Does all of the selfishness and scandal in business and government today suggest we have spilled the special sauce of teamwork? Doing More With Teams explores the ways to encourage a new form of competition, so that organizations complete the challenges before them to drive growth and get results. It offers a new premise for the concept of teamwork and challenges the perception that individualism is the only way to wealth. Through real-life and historical examples of teams that have inspired awe, this book lays out a solid set of principles that work for all kinds of teams, including: How aging teaches us the value of teams as a source of meaningfulness in life. How to establish clear principles that call for shared responsibility throughout an organization. How to avoid individual motivators that undermine the importance of teams. The costs of an excessive expectation of ceaseless victory. Why the best team captains are those who quickly and accurately assess team members’ capabilities—and determine how they affect the group. Doing More With Teams enlightens the world to a new, more ethical, and more collaborative way forward. It shows us how best to tap into the magic of teamwork.