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Intangibles - Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry (Paperback)
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Intangibles - Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry (Paperback)
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Loot Price R348
Discovery Miles 3 480
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Award-winning sportswriter Joan Ryan whisks readers from the sports
field to the research lab on an ambitious quest to understand the
seemingly indefinable phenomenon called team chemistry. Nearly ten
years in the making, Intangibles is packed with stories and
characters from the usually hidden subculture of locker rooms
worldwide, and threaded with fascinating insights about the human
mind and human relationships. Ryan pulls from a range of science
disciplines - neuroscience, sociology, psychology and more - to
debunk the notion that team chemistry is just a throwaway
explanation for every fun-loving, underdog team that wins. Instead,
she makes the case that team chemistry is a biological construct
with a single function: to elevate performance. Ryan introduces us
to the seven archetype characters who seem to emerge on almost
every team with good chemistry, and two outlier archetypes she
describes as 'Super-Carriers' and 'Super-Disruptors' of chemistry.
Along the way, the author finds herself having to challenge her
assumptions about situations and people, leading, for example, to
the surprising discovery that difficult star players are not the
Super-Disruptors one often imagines they are. She finds, too, that
dysfunctional, contentious teams that still manage to win do have
team chemistry, just a different variety. A ground-breaking
examination that promises to transform how sports and business
leaders think about high performance, Intangibles finally proves
how all of us affect one another, profoundly influencing who we are
and how we function within our own teams of colleagues, friends and
family.
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