Peak Performance: Inspirational Business Lessons From The World's Top Sports Organizations (Paperback)

by Clive H. J. Gilson (Author), Edmund, Sir Hillary (Foreword) "For several minutes that stretched into an eternity, Carla Overbeck, Joy Fawcett, Christine Lilly, Mia Hamm, and Brandi Chastain carry the nascent passion and hopes..." (more)
Key Phrases: greatest imaginable challenge, exceeding personal best, sustained peak performance, New Zealand, World Cup, All Blacks (more...)

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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 the Paperback edition.

Product Description
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. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Diane Pub Co (February 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756774632
• ISBN-13: 978-0756774639
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,850,189 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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

By	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

By	H A Mills (Lower Hutt, Wellington New Zealand) - 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

By	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?"