Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World’s Top Sports [Hardcover]

Clive Gilson (Author), Mike Pratt (Author), Kevin Roberts (Author), Ed Weymes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 17, 2000

With access to such sporting legends as Michael Jordan, Franz Beckenbauer, and Jonah Lomu and in-depth analysis with the owners and managers, the authors of Peak Performance have been able to unearth the secret organizational and institutional ingredients that take these teams on to a higher level of achievement, and in so doing have created the blueprint for creating a peak performing organization.

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[A]n insider's clinic on how sports are embracing big-time marketing the world over. -- The New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

The authors are all affiliated with the Waikato Management School at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Professor Clive Gilson holds a chair in human resource management. He has published numerous journal articles and is Editor of the Electric Journal of Radical Organization Theory.

Professor Michael Pratt is dean of the Waikato Management School and a specialist in management accounting, auditing and leadership.

Dr. Kevin Roberts is the CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi worldwide. He is a board member of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union.

Associate Professor Ed Weymes designed the executive MBA program at Waikato University. He is now director of the Center of Executive Education at the University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Texere; 1 edition (November 17, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587990067
• ISBN-13: 978-1587990069
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,435,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars very interesting, November 1, 2003

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chris fujiyoshi (santa monica, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World’s Top Sports (Hardcover)

if you love sports, and want to know how those great teams keep on winning, this is your book. i learned a lot about what people dont see in the team; the manager's dedicated work to keep the team victorious. overall, it was a very interesting book, i recommend it to everybody.

5.0 out of 5 stars An inspring and insightful read., February 3, 2001

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H A Mills - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World’s Top Sports (Hardcover)

There a tons of motivational books in the marketplace that use star athletes and winning teams as exemplars. A few inspire but few offer genuine insight. Peak Performance does.The examples come from all parts of the globe.

If you are looking to motivate your team at sport or at the office you should read this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding Star Power, November 28, 2000

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Artist Barbara Garro (Barbara Garro at http://www.ElectricEnvisions.com in Saratoga Springs, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World’s Top Sports (Hardcover)

These authors prove the greats are great because they have purpose, potency, performance skills, and they practice powerfully. You will love reading the inside stories of sports team achievements.

You'll come to understand that the New York Yankees are great, because they demand greatness of themselves decade after decade. (Some trivia, Yankees' Phil Rizzuto's brother was my shoemaker. He was as competent a shoemaker as his brother was a baseball star.)

Again in the stories, you'll see stars focus their talents by stepping up to the bar of challenges they must overcome to achieve their dreams. They practice to create the future they desire and share their dream within a support system. Their potency comes from harmony within, passion within and without,and achievement of the flow state, individually and as a team. And, they perform beyond their endurance, creatively, continually besting themselves.

Bottom line, success is an organized and consistent effort. The great teams constantly ask themselves, "If we can do this today, what can we do tomorrow?"