You Are The Team: 6 Simple Ways Teammates Can Go From Good To Great

This has been a great read being a coach and trying to bring mental health awareness into sports. I love the real life stories that relate to each topic and how it fits perfectly with high school athletes. The prompts have been super helpful when giving my athletes a prompt for writing in their journals. 100% recommend this to all coaches!

Once in a while an author strikes solid Gold. Mike Rogers did just that! "You Are the Team: 6 Simple Ways Teammates Can Go from Good to Great" is solid Teamwork GOLD. Full of nuggets of usable stories, excellent narrative, easy to understand how-tos in taking your self and your team to the next level. Mike has a wonderful, user friendly writing style that enables all levels of person (age, position in leadership, etc) to grasp each of the 6 ways in going from Good to Great in Teamwork. As I read the content it enabled me to assess where I stand personally, how I can apply it to teams I interact with, and "Yes", even to my family and other relationships. Practical and doable! Maybe I should say, it is Solid Gold and the heart of the content radiates the value of many precious stones. Amazing enough it matters not how you come to the book, even if the reader starts as a "diamond in the rough". You will I promise upon completion reach of the stars and step up to a new level in your commitment to becoming the best you can be as a teammate that makes the difference in those teams you are involved with. Good Job Mike! Onward and Upward! The Best is Yet to Come!

This book has inspired me to be a better team member! I have already become a better manager because of it. I have implemented a number of the suggestions, specifically being positive and celebrating a team members success in front of everyone. It was fun to watch the positive chain reaction of events take place by the simple act of celebrating another team member publicly. I appreciated how readable the book was. There was not a lot of big words or fancy jargon. It was direct and to the point on how to become a better team member. I really enjoyed the number of short stories that helped to drive certain points home. Another aspect of the book I liked was that after each section it stops you and asks you how can you apply the principles you just learned into your daily life. I found the book to be well written and easily applicable as a team member, a manager, a husband and a father. I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking to improve themselves and the team that they are on!

You are the Team focuses on what I can do to be a great team member. I have had the privilege of working on several great teams and some that were not so great in education and corporate environments. At time, it's a challenge to to work with people that seem to be focused on their own interests than they are about working together for the good of the team. I appreciate the positive perspective of this book to challenge me to look at what I can do to improve to be a better teammate and not, "if only xxxx were better at xxxx." "Amazing things can happen when you take initiative and work to make the team better through your own example. Being a leader is more about what you do than what you say or try to make others do." (Michael G. Rogers) I highly recommend this book to any person working on a team in any capacity - home, work, school, etc. The principles taught are applicable to anyone that would like to improve relationships.

This was Xmas gift for my 37 yr old son because , He is working to become Volleyball Coach. He just started being a Referree for city and county high schools and believes in building upon good core values. This book came well recommended by many reviews so I decided to purchase for his Xmas gifts! Since he has not read it yet I gave it 4 stars.

You will not be disappointed with this book! It gets to the nitty gritty of what it takes to be a great teammate. No matter your role, profession, or life experience you will walk away from this book with valuable, actionable techniques to make yourself more enjoyable and accountable to work with. This book makes you reflect on how you are as a team member. It gives you thought provoking questions to ask yourself and your team to make you a better teammate. It starts with you. How do you measure up? The activities are practical and simple to implement in your day to day life. They are not just for the work place. I often found myself thinking about my friendships and personal relationships as well. As a leader for over 10 years, I took away many aha moments and nuggets that I started to use with my team (the one I lead and my peer team of leaders). These 6 B's will take you on a journey to greatness. What resonated most with me were two areas: seeking out feedback from your teammates about your performance/how you are as a teammate and holding yourself accountable rather than placing blame when mistakes happen. Two things I don't see happen enough within a team dynamic. I am part of a winning team but these 6 ways will enhance our connection on so many levels. Thank you Michael for such a great book.

I have been doing a lot of traveling recently - so I have been spending time reading this new book "You Are the Team" Even though I usually spend a lot of time on the plane reading, this trip I had planned on just relaxing. I started this book and it was difficult to put it down. I read it not once but three times on my last trip. This book is exactly what I need for my team. I have several sales and support people who I am responsible for and which I care a lot about. They are an excellent successful sales team. But I have been wondering what to do next to bring us more together and on the same page. After reading "You Are the Team", I knew exactly what to do. I want to make sure each one of my team members have an opportunity to read this inspiring book on teamwork. It is an excellent, easy to read and full of wonderful powerful motivation stories that can make you feel good about yourself and your team.

Totally inspirational! What makes the team work...you do!! An easy to read, action packed friendy kick in the right direction of why we all work better as part of a team. Be Andy!!!....be the best. Grab a copy of this book!

Its too expensive! At Rs 2061/- its very very expensive. Shouldn't be more than Rs 200/- . Highly over priced. The contents also seem very simple and common. Nothing great about this book. Just want to caution all buyers.