Architects of Extraordinary Team Culture: Secrets from The Ancient Pyramids

Summary

Apply the Psychology of Team Motivation Clusters to "Predict" Team Performance in this fun Team Leadership and Culture Change fable of ancient Egypt pyramid building - including real historical findings, interesting and relevant facts and myths centered around the time just before the construction of the Great Pyramids at Giza. This team leadership journey follows a young Egyptian, TepTep, in discovering the missing Commitment and Leadership factors that led to the previous 100 plus pyramid projects to fail... and eventually to the ascension in leadership and team culture psychology that led to highly motivated and committed teams whose innovations produced the lasting quality responsible for the great pyramids that still stand today, 4000 years later. Readers will get benefit from this book from 5 team culture change and leadership lessons that TepTep learns on his journey to becoming a better team leader. While this a fun and easy to read fable, the team culture psychology and leadership principles are founded in 16 years of research as part of the Directive Communication Psychology... but no research is useful if it is difficult to understand or put into practice... so this book is designed as a simple, PRACTICAL and enjoyable guide understanding team culture, how we can effectively lead team culture change with a few modifications here and there. The Team Leadership quest begins when TepTep visits the local sorcerer who sends him on a mission to discover the secrets of nurturing team commitment with the pyramid model that leads to an ultimately engaged and synergistic team culture. His first encounter is with Achmad, a pyramid consultant who enlightens him as to the psychology of why some people are not excited about work and how they just trade time for money... and even though they may have the skills, may not fully utilize them in the workplace, thus becoming underachievers.