Accelerate Your Business Through Teamwork!

The lack of real teamwork may be the biggest barrier to success in Network Marketing. An inspirational new book confirms that leaders who build teams that 'collaborate with purpose and passion' are much more likely to achieve supernatural performance.

Life is not a game you can play alone!" declares organizational psychologist Ian Percy in a new book that is catching on quickly in corporate and network marketing circles. In a culture that stresses individualism, this statement serves both as a dire warning and as wise instruction.

You'd think that "network marketing" would be synonymous with team work, but in reality it's not, he says. Most "networks" are simply groups of individuals, which is why it is hard to keep people actively involved.

In one of the most inspirational and insightful books to come along in quite a while, Percy lays out eleven spiritual principles that transform a 'group into a 'team capable of supernatural performance. If you liked Who Moved My Cheese?" and Fish," you will love this book! They all contain simple truths told brilliantly.

"11 Commandments for an Enthusiastic Team: collaborating with purpose and passion" is turning out to be a popular purchase for team leaders of all descriptions. Whether its in our businesses, athletic teams, classrooms, places of worship or around the kitchen table -- our success and happiness depends on our ability to collaborate with purpose and passion."

A highly acclaimed business speaker, Percy has been teaching these principles to corporate leaders around the world for thirty years and they have been tested in difficult situations as well as good. Millions of people and thousands of companies have been inspired by these treasures and the popular posters of the '11 Commandments have shown up in countries hes never been to.

This book has been a long time coming, he admits, but the timing seems so right given all the struggles and discouragements our businesses and our country have gone through over the last few years.

The book itself is innovatively and beautifully designed. It comes as a gift set" about the shape of a CD package. Thats because there is a CD of Percy giving this presentation live at a major corporate event bound right into the back cover. No need to buy the audio version here -- it all comes as one package for the price of the book alone.

In the introduction, the difference between a group and a team is spelled out in no uncertain terms. Group members," he writes, tend to be self-focused. Team members tend to be other-focused." Sadly, even a family can be a group rather than a team, he adds.

We see the difference in sports especially where the team with the best statistics does not always win the cup -- its the team with a special dose of team spirit. Becoming a team is actually a spiritual choice the team members themselves have to make, Percy says. People can be forced to be a group, but no one has the power to make you a team. This is a truth that network leaders especially need to understand in their effort to build high-performance teams.

Some examples: Commandment Number III is "If in doubt check it out! Dont make negative assumptions about each other." It deals with our tendency to automatically assume the negative even without evidence.

Commandment Number VII is "Act with initiative and courage as if it all depends on you." This one confronts those who expect someone else to initiate change instead of doing what they know needs to be done - a key problem with new distributors.

The most controversial is Commandment Number IX, "Whatever you want, give it away." In our selfish world we expect to 'take, take, take and we end up with nothing. If we learn to 'give instead, we will have more than we ever need. If you want power as a team leader, for example, give that power away to the team and they will give it back to you a thousand times over in their love and devotion, Percy insists.

Hardly anyone buys a single book, his office reports, because team leaders are buying copies for the whole team. One CEO purchased ten for his Board and phoned back for another ten for his senior management team. The book is ideal for any situation where people are truly wanting to commit to a common purpose. That applies to a high school sports team, a church board, a volunteer committee or a home-based network marketing business.

The book/CD package is published by Inspired Productions Press and retails for $27, ISBN 0970714033. Available at bookstores everywhere. Substantial discounts are extended to those purchasing multiple copies from the Publisher at 1-877-502-3898.

For more information, contact the author directly at 1-877-502-3898 or by email at ian@ianpercy.com