Team Turnarounds

How any manager can turn a struggling team into business champs 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 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.

How any manager can turn a struggling team into businesschampsIn today's uncertain economic environment, teams are askedto do more with less. With resources stretched thin, turning arounda struggling team has never been harder, and managers must work toidentify and maximize whatever potential strengths a team alreadyhas. As sports fans already know, behind every great underdog storyis a leader who roots out the competitive advantage that willpropel the team to victory. In Team Turnarounds, JoeFrontiera and Dan Leidl share how this fine art of the turnaroundreally works, from how to inspire the team to the actual tools forchange.Through interviews with team managers and turnaround masters inthe NFL, MLB, and the NCAA, as well as managers at top global firmswho have successfully reversed their fortunes, they show the sixsteps every team takes to make a 180 in their performance.* Presents a six-step model forturnarounds in any organization, based on the authors'extensive research with owners and general managers of sportfranchises in the MLB, NFL, and NBA* Features first-hand accounts of sportturnarounds, from the legendary worst-to-first story of Bill Polianand the Indianapolis Colts to Jeffrey Lurie's efforts totransform the Philadelphia Eagles* Offers behind-the-scenes accounts ofeffective turnarounds at major organizations like Dominos PizzaJuniper Networks, iContact, and the Broadway play, Spider-Man:Turn Off the DarkNo matter how bad the circumstances, how awful the performance, orhow far shares have plummeted, Team Turnarounds shows howany organization can make the climb back up to the top.

Foreword: Adversity Introduces Us to Ourselves viiIntroduction xi1 Stage I - Leading Past Losing 12 Stage II - Committing to Growth 293 Stage III - Changing Behaviors 594 Stage IV - Embracing Adversity 855 Stage V - Achieving Success 1076 Stage VI - Nurturing a Culture of Excellence 1357 The Team Turnaround Workbook 165Notes 217Acknowledgments 227About the Authors 229Index 231