In today's uncertain economic environment, teams are asked to do more
with less. With resources stretched thin, turning around a struggling
team has never been harder, and managers must work to identify and
maximize whatever potential strengths a team already has. As sports
fans already know, behind every great underdog story is a leader who
roots out the competitive advantage that will propel the team to
victory. In Team Turnarounds, Joe Frontiera and Dan Leidl share
how this fine art of the turnaround really works, from how to inspire
the team to the actual tools for change.
Through interviews with team managers and turnaround masters in the
NFL, MLB, and the NCAA, as well as managers at top global firms who
have successfully reversed their fortunes, they show the six steps
every team takes to make a 180 in their performance.
• Presents a six-step model for turnarounds in any organization,
based on the authors' extensive research with owners and general
managers of sport franchises in the MLB, NFL, and NBA
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Features first-hand accounts of sport turnarounds, from the legendary
worst-to-first story of Bill Polian and the Indianapolis Colts to
Jeffrey Lurie's efforts to transform the Philadelphia Eagles
• Offers behind-the-scenes accounts of effective turnarounds at
major organizations like Dominos Pizza, Juniper Networks, iContact,
and the Broadway play, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
No matter how bad the circumstances, how awful the performance,
or how far shares have plummeted, Team Turnarounds shows how
any organization can make the climb back up to the top.
Joe Frontiera and Daniel Leidl co-manage Meno
Consulting, a firm that focuses on culture turnarounds, team
development, and leadership development. Both hold PhDs from West
Virginia University, where they serve as adjunct professors in the
Leadership Studies program. They also write for the Washington
Post's "On Leadership" series, among other publications.
