Team Players
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The conventional wisdom is wrong about how great teams are built. Effective leaders worry less about cohesion and more about assembling the right group of people with complementary talents and personalities....
Published By Basic Venture
Format Hardback
Category
Number Of Pages 272
Publication Date 10/07/2025
ISBN 9781541705975
Dimensions 6.35 inches x 9.55 inches
“Team Players is an important book that shows us a team needs more than just strong leaders—it needs the right mix of five roles and talents to succeed. Mark Murphy helps leaders discover their style and the complementary roles they need to build winning and successful teams.”
—Ken Hicks, president and CEO, PetSmart
“Mark Murphy’s Team Players is a must-read for everyone who needs to make things happen with a team or group. After 35 years as a CEO, I’ve always believed in the power of teamwork—but had I possessed Murphy’s research and insights earlier in my career, I know I would have built even more effective and successful teams.”
—Robert Rosenberg, retired CEO, Dunkin’ Donuts; author of Around the Corner to Around the World
“No one has more experience with teams than Mark Murphy. His five-player team model allows you to quickly diagnose when and why a team is failing and provides actionable advice for successfully leading teams. This is incredibly well-written, and I couldn’t stop reading!”
—Keith Sawyer, author of Group Genius