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In Sustainable Teams, consultant and keynote speaker Frederic Meuwly, Ph.D. shares his practical, evidence-based approach to helping organizations achieve high-performance teamwork. Meuwly sees teams as complex human ecosystems that can attain long-term success by focusing on 18 team sustainability drivers. This book includes three real-world case studies showing how these drivers can improve performance, as well as tips regarding best practices and things to avoid for each. By fully leveraging the power of collective intelligence, sustainable teams can co-create lasting value that serves a higher purpose and achieves a greater good. At a time when many organizations are still overly focused on short-term returns, Sustainable Teams is a vibrant call for leaders to redefine teamwork in response to profoundly disruptive changes in our environment, societies, and economies. This book can serve as an inspiring resource and field guide for executives, department heads, project leaders, and specialists in talent and organizational development.

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Sustainable Teams is a must-read for anyone who is looking to make the miracle of great teamwork happen within their organization. Prof. George A. Kohlrieser, Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior - IMD business school

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Frederic Meuwly, Ph.D. is the founder and managing director of Actitudes Coaching, a management consulting firm specializing in executive team development and organizational health. He has spent the past two decades developing practical tools to help leaders transform their teams into sustainable teams. His approach to leadership and team development has been embraced by organizations ranging from established companies and high-tech start-ups to universities and non-profits. Prior to founding Actitudes Coaching, Frederic held various leadership positions in the pharmaceutical industry, where he headed international product development teams. Frederic lives in Switzerland with his wife and their three children. George Kohlrieser is an organizational and clinical psychologist. He is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at IMD (International Institute for Management Development), Switzerland, one of the world's leading business schools, and is the creator and director of its flagship High-Performance Leadership Program. George incorporates the lessons he learned as a psychologist and hostage negotiator in his work with leaders. He has worked with the police, the military and humanitarian organizations in such hot spots as Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Croatia, as well as with police departments and police academies in the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and India. In the course of his work, he has been taken hostage four times - once in a hospital emergency room and three times in homes during domestic violence disputes. Each time, using Secure Base Leadership skills, he successfully negotiated his way out. His first book, Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance, was an international bestseller and received the Best Business Book Award 2007 from DCF (French Association of Business Leaders) and Best Management Book 2008 in Germany by Managementbuch.de. An engaging teacher and a highly sought after motivational speaker for conferences and keynote addresses, George has been a guest on BBC, CNN, ABC, and CBS as well as numerous radio programs. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Economist and other leading newspapers and magazines

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