Citation
(2002), "Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World's Top Sports Organizations", Work Study, Vol. 51 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2002.07951dae.004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World's Top Sports Organizations
Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World's Top Sports Organizations
Clive Gibson, Mike Pratt, Kevin Roberts and Ed WeymesHarperCollins£8.99ISBN: 0-00-653185-7
The authors start from the premise that sports organisations have clearly defined targets and that performance against these targets can be easily measured to identify the top performers. It then builds on this assumption. Although the basis is the sports industry, this is not just another book on team-building it concentrates on the strategic approaches necessary to develop and maintain a successful "business" organisation and is an exploration of sustained success.
The authors set off on a sports fan's dream journey around the world, amassing hard evidence and interviewing key inspirational players both on and off the field. Normally inaccessible icons such as Michael Jordan, Frank Williams, Franz Beckenbauer, Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Peter Blake and Jonah Lomu are among the many figures who assisted them in their search for the secrets of excellence.
The result is the e´lite theory of peak performing organizations "PPO". By studying the teams' very different organizational stories, the authors have identified consistent practices for nurturing sustained peak performance and the key techniques which will unlock effectiveness - lessons which can be applied to all businesses to achieve sustainable success.