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The Five T's of Great Coaches - Part 4: Team Synergy

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The Five T's of Great Coaches - Part 4: Teamwork 10 Jul 2023 --- Creating a healthy team culture starts with the coach: setting the tone, defining expectations, and providing clear criteria for what is acceptable and not acceptable. This is Part 4 of our series exploring what lessons major-league, professional sports coaches have for business leaders seeking to unlock human potential on their teams. New installments coming in June and July. 00:00 How do you create a culture that drives the collective to great achievements? 00:50 Communicate culture through slogans 01:50 Keep star players in check 02:57 Putting this into a business context 03:44 Use culture to unlock human potential Hosted by Ranjay Gulati, the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of "Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies". Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Sports #Coaches #Leadership #Teamwork #Coaching #Business #Work #Talent #Tenacity #Training #Transformation #NBA #NFL #MLBB #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2023 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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