Locked-On Teams

The culmination of more than a decade of diligent research and careful organization, Locked-On Teams: A Leader's Guide to High-Performing Team Behavior provides leaders at all levels, from front-line supervisors to senior executives, holistic guidance to leading in the complex and volatile twenty-first century. Structured around 28 guidelines, this book outlines the principles of modern leadership, backs them up with the latest in the cognitive and social sciences, and prescribes 86 activities that leaders can implement immediately to develop a high-performing team and organization.

The culmination of more than a decade of diligent research and careful organization, Locked-On Teams: A Leader's Guide to High-Performing Team Behavior provides leaders at all levels, from front-line supervisors to senior executives, holistic guidance to leading in the complex and volatile twenty-first century. Structured around 28 guidelines, this book outlines the principles of modern leadership, backs them up with the latest in the cognitive and social sciences, and prescribes 86 activities that leaders can implement immediately to develop a high-performing team and organization. As it's title implies, modern leaders 'lock-on' to the behaviors of the whole team rather than just their own. High-performing teams emerge because their leaders nurture behaviors between the individuals, collectively as a team, and across the boundaries of other teams within the organization. Successful leaders lead up, down, and across.

William Duke is a retired U.S. Navy officer. He has also served as the Director of Learning and Development for the consulting firm Afterburner since 2007 where he has designed leader development programs for Fortune 500 corporations and consulted with teams across the full spectrum of industries. His other leadership experiences vary from teaching in an alternative high-school for court-ordered teens to operations management for a major retail company. He is the co-author of The Debrief Imperative: The Secret Tool that is Transforming Businesses the World Over (Premiere, 2011); Down Range: A Transitioning Veteran's Career Guide to Life's Next Phase (Wiley, 2014); and The Flawless Execution Field Manual, 2nd Edition (Afterburner Press, 2019).