A truly brilliant, mesmerizing read that demystifies the magic of great groups.--Adam Grant, author of Think Again

A BLOOMBERG AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your group, or strengthen a culture that needs fixing?

In The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle goes inside some of the world's most successful organizations--including the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six, IDEO, and the San Antonio Spurs--and reveals what makes them tick. He demystifies the culture-building process by identifying three key skills that generate cohesion and cooperation, and explains how diverse groups learn to function with a single mind. Drawing on examples that range from Internet retailer Zappos to the comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade to a daring gang of jewel thieves, Coyle offers specific strategies that trigger learning, spark collaboration, build trust, and drive positive change. Coyle unearths helpful stories of failure that illustrate what not to do, troubleshoots common pitfalls, and shares advice about reforming a toxic culture. Combining leading-edge science, on-the-ground insights from world-class leaders, and practical ideas for action, The Culture Code offers a roadmap for creating an environment where innovation flourishes, problems get solved, and expectations are exceeded.

Culture is not something you are--it's something you do. The Culture Code puts the power in your hands. No matter the size of your group or your goal, this book can teach you the principles of cultural chemistry that transform individuals into teams that can accomplish amazing things together.

What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? This groundbreaking work provides readers with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others.

Whether you're coaching soccer or teaching a child to play the piano, writing a novel or trying to improve your golf swing, this revolutionary book shows you how to grow talent by tapping into a newly discovered brain mechanism.

Drawing on cutting-edge neurology and firsthand research gathered on journeys to nine of the world's talent hotbeds--from the baseball fields of the Caribbean to a classical-music academy in upstate New York--Coyle identifies the three key elements that will allow you to develop your gifts and optimize your performance in sports, art, music, math, or just about anything.

- Deep Practice Everyone knows that practice is a key to success. What everyone doesn't know is that specific kinds of practice can increase skill up to ten times faster than conventional practice.

- Ignition We all need a little motivation to get started. But what separates truly high achievers from the rest of the pack? A higher level of commitment--call it passion--born out of our deepest unconscious desires and triggered by certain primal cues. Understanding how these signals work can help you ignite passion and catalyze skill development.

- Master Coaching What are the secrets of the world's most effective teachers, trainers, and coaches? Discover the four virtues that enable these talent whisperers to fuel passion, inspire deep practice, and bring out the best in their students.

These three elements work together within your brain to form myelin, a microscopic neural substance that adds vast amounts of speed and accuracy to your movements and thoughts. Scientists have discovered that myelin might just be the holy grail: the foundation of all forms of greatness, from Michelangelo's to Michael Jordan's. The good news about myelin is that it isn't fixed at birth; to the contrary, it grows, and like anything that grows, it can be cultivated and nourished.

Combining revelatory analysis with illuminating examples of regular people who have achieved greatness, this book will not only change the way you think about talent, but equip you to reach your own highest potential.

Praise for The Little Book of Talent

The Little Book of Talent should be given to every graduate at commencement, every new parent in a delivery room, every executive on the first day of work. It is a guidebook--beautiful in its simplicity and backed by hard science--for nurturing excellence.--Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit

It's so juvenile to throw around hyperbolic terms such as 'life-changing, ' but there's no other way to describe The Little Book of Talent. I was avidly trying new things within the first half hour of reading it and haven't stopped since. Brilliant. And yes: life-changing.--Tom Peters, co-author of In Search of Excellence

If you are a leader--or if you work with one--and want to understand how to build psychological safety, trust, and a sense of purpose for your team, then you need this book.--Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Forbes

Building a team has never been harder than it is right now. How do you create connection and trust? How do you stay focused on your goals? In his years studying the ways successful groups work together, Daniel Coyle has spent time with elite teams around the world, observing the ways they support each other, manage conflict, and move toward a common goal. In The Culture Playbook, he distills everything he has learned into sixty concrete, actionable tips and exercises that will help your team build a cohesive, positive culture.

Great cultures, Coyle has found, are built on three essential skills: safety, vulnerability, and purpose. Within this framework, he shows us how we can better serve our teammates, ourselves, and our shared purpose, including:

- scheduling regular team tune-ups to place an explicit spotlight on the team's inner workings and create conversations that surface and improve team dynamics
- creating spaces for remote coworkers to connect with their colleagues to foster a team spirit even across distances
- holding an anxiety party to serve as a pressure-relief valve, as well as a platform for people to connect and solve problems together

With reflections, exercises, and practical tips that will prove invaluable to companies, athletes, and families alike, and replete with black-and-white illustrations, The Culture Playbook is an indispensable guide to ensuring that your team performs at its best.

A velvety mix of vivid, sophisticated prose, Raymond Carver's unerring eye for nuance, and John Irving's irreverent, unflinching humor....An intimate look inside the maelstrom of professional cycling.
--Boston Globe

Daniel Coyne's New York Times bestseller Lance Armstrong's War takes a fascinating, in-depth look at a staggeringly talented yet flawed sports hero as he faced his greatest test: a record sixth straight Tour de France victory. Now with a new epilogue covering Armstrong's quest to win an 8th Tour de France, this intimate, insightful, unflinching look at the greatest athlete of our time (Jon Krakauer) explores the remarkable drive and accomplishments of a controversial champion--a must read for fans of John Feinstein and David Halberstam, as well as readers of Lance Armstrong's own It's Not About the Bike and Every Second Counts.

-Programar reuniones para hablar explícitamente del funcionamiento del equipo con el fin de mejorar la dinámica interna.
-Crear espacios para que los trabajadores remotos estén conectados con el resto del equipo y cultiven una mentalidad de equipo a pesar de la distancia.
-Celebrar fiestas que sirvan como válvula de escape y como plataforma para que la gente conecte y resuelva problemas en equipo. Repleto de ilustraciones en blanco y negro y de consejos prácticos útiles para empresas, atletas e incluso familias, Manual práctico de los mejores equipos es una guía indispensable para lograr que cualquier grupo rinda al máximo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The ultimate handbook for fostering and cultivating a strong team culture, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code and The Talent Code.

If you are a leader--or if you work with one--and want to understand how to build psychological safety, trust, and a sense of purpose for your team, then you need this book.--Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit

Building a team has never been harder than it is right now. How do you create connection and trust? How do you stay focused on your goals? In his years studying the ways successful groups work together, Daniel Coyle has spent time with elite teams around the world, observing the ways they support each other, manage conflict, and move toward a common goal. In The Culture Playbook, he distills everything he has learned into sixty concrete, actionable tips and exercises that will help your team build a cohesive, positive culture.

Great cultures, Coyle has found, are built on three essential skills: safety, vulnerability, and purpose. Within this framework, he shows us how we can better serve our teammates, ourselves, and our shared purpose, including:

-Scheduling regular team tune-ups to place an explicit spotlight on the team's inner workings and create conversations that surface and improve team dynamics
-Creating spaces for remote coworkers to connect with their colleagues to foster a team spirit even across distances
-Holding an anxiety party to serve as a pressure-relief valve, as well as a platform for people to connect and solve problems together.

With reflections, exercises, and practical tips that will prove invaluable to companies, athletes, and families alike, and replete with black-and-white illustrations, The Culture Playbook is an indispensable guide to ensuring that your team performs at its best.

La cultura de grupo es una de las mayores fuerzas que existen. Podemos percibir su presencia en los negocios de xito, en los equipos que lideran los campeonatos y en las familias m s pr speras, y enseguida notamos cu ndo falta y cu ndo se ha vuelto t xica. Todos queremos implantar una cultura fuerte en nuestras respectivas organizaciones, comunidades y familias. Sabemos que funciona, pero no sabemos con exactitud c mo.

Solemos considerarla un rasgo grupal, como el ADN. Las culturas s lidas y bien fundamentadas como las de Google, Disney o los SEAL de la Armada estadounidense parecen tan singulares y caracter sticas que podr an calificarse de inamovibles, como si de alguna manera estuvieran predestinadas a ser as . De acuerdo a este razonamiento, unos grupos son agraciados con una cultura s lida y otros no.

Este libro adopta una perspectiva distinta. Tras investigar los grupos de mayor xito del mundo, Daniel Coyle lleg a la conclusi n de que sus respectivas culturas nac an de un conjunto espec fico de habilidades que aprovechan el potencial de nuestro cerebro social.

La habilidad 1, «Labrar la seguridad , profundiza en c mo las se ales de vinculaci n establecen lazos de pertenencia y de identidad.

La habilidad 2, «Comparte la vulnerabilidad , explica c mo el h bito de afrontar riesgos comunes propicia la cooperaci n basada en la confianza.

Y la habilidad 3, «Define un prop sito , detalla c mo las narraciones implantan objetivos y valores comunes.

Con extraordinaria amenidad, este libro explora c mo funciona cada una de estas tres habilidades y da a conocer las experiencias de los grupos y los l deres que emplean estos m todos a diario en un mundo siempre cambiante. Aunque pueda parecer que una cultura de xito se consigue por arte de magia, no es as . La cultura es un conjunto de relaciones vivas con un objetivo com n. No es algo que seas, sino algo que haces.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides tomorrow's leaders with the tools to build a cohesive, motivated culture.
Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your group, or strengthen a culture that needs fixing?

In The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle goes inside some of the world's most successful organizations--including the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six, IDEO, and the San Antonio Spurs--and reveals what makes them tick. He demystifies the culture-building process by identifying three key skills that generate cohesion and cooperation, and explains how diverse groups learn to function with a single mind. Drawing on examples that range from Internet retailer Zappos to the comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade to a daring gang of jewel thieves, Coyle offers specific strategies that trigger learning, spark collaboration, build trust, and drive positive change. Coyle unearths helpful stories of failure that illustrate what not to do, troubleshoots common pitfalls, and shares advice about reforming a toxic culture. Combining leading-edge science, on-the-ground insights from world-class leaders, and practical ideas for action, The Culture Code offers a roadmap for creating an environment where innovation flourishes, problems get solved, and expectations are exceeded.

Culture is not something you are--it's something you do. The Culture Code puts the power in your hands. No matter the size of your group or your goal, this book can teach you the principles of cultural chemistry that transform individuals into teams that can accomplish amazing things together.

Advance praise for The Culture Code:

I've been waiting years for someone to write this book--I've built it up in my mind into something extraordinary. But it is even better than I imagined. Daniel Coyle has produced a truly brilliant, mesmerizing read that demystifies the magic of great groups. It blows all other books on culture right out of the water.--Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, Originals, and Give and Take

If you want to understand how successful groups work--the signals they transmit, the language they speak, the cues that foster creativity--you won't find a more essential guide than The Culture Code.--Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better

This comprehensive guide offers a detailed overview of the world of electric cables. Written by Daniel Coyle, a renowned expert in the field, it covers everything from basic cable design principles to advanced topics like cable routing and installation. With detailed diagrams, photographs, and practical advice, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone involved in the design, construction, or maintenance of electrical systems.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This comprehensive guide offers a detailed overview of the world of electric cables. Written by Daniel Coyle, a renowned expert in the field, it covers everything from basic cable design principles to advanced topics like cable routing and installation. With detailed diagrams, photographs, and practical advice, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone involved in the design, construction, or maintenance of electrical systems.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.