Teach Your Team to Fish: Using Ancient Wisdom for Inspired Teamwork

By Laurie Beth Jones and Kenneth H. Blanchard

Book Overview

Today, every organization is looking for leaders who can answer the question "How do we recruit, motivate, and retain our teams effectively?" TEACH YOUR TEAM TO FISH is written for anyone who is charged with building and maintaining a team.Jesus did four things to build and nuture his team. First, HE EXCITED THEM: When Jesus called on his deciples to drop their nets and follow him, the excitement in his voice captured them and made them willing to leave behind everything that they had known and done before. Second, HE GROUNDED THEM: He warned them all that if they followed him they would face many challenges before they reached their reward. Third, HE TRANSFORMED THEM: As they followed him, Jesus team changed from ego-involved individuals to people who made his values their own. Finally, HE RELEASED THEM into the world to do and show all that they had learned.This process can be learned and acquired by any team builder. And if every teambuilder would follow these principles, our jobs and our world could be transformed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609606794
• ISBN13: 9780609606797
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Crown Business
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.9" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Awesome leadership book

This book is probably the best and easiest leadership books I have ever read. Laurie Beth Jones did an amazing job keeping the chapters short, but powerful. This is a book you will want on your desk, like a business reference! Unbeliveable!! A must read for every person who leads anything or anybody!

Teach Your Team to Fish

This book is a wonderful tool for focusing on the importance of your relationship with the people in your team or your employees. It gives a simple, easy to read, but important message on working with people using the example of Jesus and his disciples. I highly recommend it to anyone who manages/supervises people including children! Well written and well worth the read.