Management Secrets of the New England Patriots: Building a high-performance organizationExplains how Bill Belichick's New England Patriots have won three Super Bowls in four seasons. Quotations from Patriots players, coaches, owners and executives describe the team's success factors. Volume 2 (of this projected trilogy) covers four core topics essential to building any great organization: Training, Planning, Collaborating and Motivating. Fun and informative for football fans and business people. James Lavin earned his economics Ph.D. at Stanford, where he analyzed "high performance work organizations" (like the Patriots). He also holds degrees in political science (Harvard, magna cum laude), economics (London School of Economics) and East Asian studies (Stanford). He grew up in Wayland, MA cheering for many disappointing Patriots teams. |
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS | 1 |
OVERVIEW | 9 |
School | 38 |
Guidance counseling | 86 |
Report cards | 99 |
PLANNING | 115 |
Balance shortrun and longrun objectives | 144 |
Prepare for decisions | 155 |
Fear fails to inspire | 317 |
Collective challenges encourage teamwork | 335 |
Sustained motivation better than motivational bursts | 351 |
Excessive emotion shortcircuits thinking | 368 |
Reward success | 375 |
Acknowledge teammates contributions | 379 |
Incentives must match comprehensive responsibilities | 382 |
HOW TO SPEAK BELICHICKIAN | 387 |
Think creatively | 217 |
Make decisions | 238 |
COLLABORATING | 245 |
heeding and ignoring | 265 |
MOTIVATING | 297 |
APPENDIX | 391 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 395 |
ENDNOTES | 399 |
INDEX | 435 |
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