Bøker av Simon Hartley

What do world-class teams do that others don't? How do those teams think, make decisions and respond to challenges?Stronger Together will help readers to understand what differentiates world-class teams from the rest. Using these insights, readers can apply the same key principles when leading - or being a part of - a team, whether they are in a business or sports environment. To illustrate how world-class teams operate and how they're led, the author draws on examples of teamwork from a diverse range of disciplines, from The Red Arrows to SAS Units, a Formula One Pit Crew, Americas Cup yacht crews, World Championship sports teams and more. He includes case studies from his work with elite professional, international and Olympic sports teams, plus executive leadership teams from businesses.This truly insightful and fascinating book lifts the lid on what it takes to be the best and how we can translate these lessons to our own performance.

We had just arrived in Denpasar for a ten-day Balinese holiday. I was with a young and beautiful girlfriend. We walked through the airport terminal and joined the queue for customs. No-one knew that I had smuggled a substantial amount of heroin and methadone onto the plane and was now carrying it through the airport. After waiting in the queue for just a couple of minutes, I noticed an Indonesian policeman looking at me. As I looked away, I realised that he had started walking towards me, and he had a sniffer dog. All I had was a few seconds to think of something, anything. Perhaps a distraction of some kind... and it was going to have to be a bloody good one. I stepped out of the lineStory's and poems of adventure, in the ocean and deserts of South Australia.Life in a hard rock band and the tragedy of death, despair and crime whilst addicted to heroin and other drugs, then finally, a second chance

Yes you can! Hands up who feels like a completely inadequate underachiever whenever you hear about someone s great achievement.