Teamthink: Using the Sports Connection to Develop, Motivate, and Manage a Winning Business Team
- ISBN-10
- 0452272130
- ISBN-13
- 9780452272132
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Plume
- Author
- Don Martin
Description
The first book to use colorful sports anecdotes as business tools, TeamThink illustrates the importance of skills that athletes take for granted--training, leadership, coordination, and motivation--and provides valuable wisdom on how to make business objectives as clear as any goal line.
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