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.