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THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK
Joe Sasso
Coach Joe Sasso started his business careers with Motorola, a global telecommunications
company. He worked in sales, service, management, and leadership - heading a global
business consulting, training, and development team - developing 37 business training
programs for industry. In 1997 he started Team 2 Learn, Inc., which facilitates business
retreats to improve Leadership and Team Performance. He is a certified John Maxwell
Coach, Trainer and Speaker and a certified Emotional Intelligence Mentor. He is an author
and has written several books. Email joe@team2learninc.com.
NEED A SUPPLEMENT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
TEAMWORK CURRICULUM?
SPIRAL UP: THE SURPRISING
SECRET TO GREAT TEAM RESULTS
- a business fable based on the
true-life experiences of business
leaders who have been in the
trenches.
How This Book Can Assist You
¤ As a seamless case study for
students moving from classroom to
actual business experience.
¤ As a character development
study about leadership and a team
challenged by a time-to-market imperative.
¤ As a student business internship experience
before actually participating in an outside business
internship.
¤ As a script of questions for discussion using
the ‘Reflections for Deeper Learning’ at the end of
each chapter.
The story opens with a challenge taken on by a
leader who feels the need to assign leadership duties to
a trusted colleague. However, the colleague won’t take
on that responsibility. There are some ‘ah ha’ moments
from the dog in the story that the students will sense,
learn and enjoy. The Spiral UP model adds passion
to the business team as they reach peaks and then
experience a crash in the valley. Chapter after chapter
the story climbs before arriving at the synchronicity of
what their experiences teach them. The book’s team
development and growth process will be another learning
point in their professional and personal lives.
Thank You for the work you do in preparing people to
understand the organizational structure of business teams.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLE
Spiral Up: The Surprising Secret to great
Team Results may be the supplement
to give your team a learning experience
before they get real work experience.
Learning Lessons
Prologue - The Power of the Big
Vision - Visions of Peer Leaders, Focus
and United
Chapter 1 - Embracing the Leader’s
Primary Role - Mutual Commitment
Chapter 2 - The Beginning: A new kind
of invitation - Mutual Agendas
Chapter 3 - Kick Off Meeting: A new kind of Partnership
- Know the Power of 2
Chapter 4 - Spiral Revealed - Power of the Spiral
Chapter 5 - Framework for Team Communications -
Preview for the Power of Great Reviews
Chapter 6 - Developing Trust - Relationships at the
Ground floor
Chapter 7 - “It’s My Baby” - Daddy does not know best
Chapter 8 - Blindsided - Holding back is a holdup
Chapter 9 - Accountability leads to Recovery -
Knowing how to correct the wrong
Chapter 10 - Back on Track - Coaching basics
Chapter 11 - From Breakdown to Breakthrough -
Teach & Retain the Spiral model
Chapter 12 - Ominous Warning - Communicating Bad News
Chapter 13 - Communicating Bad News -
Communicating Good News
Chapter 14 - The Celebration - Learning is winning
Chapter 15 - The Spiral with Heart - Passion is
really __________
Epilogue - SWOT + Never Give Up
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