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Get.. Juiced! The Laws of Effective Teamwork A 25 step guide to building mentally tough, high performing, winning teams in sport, business and life...plus a little inspiration. Roberto Forzoni Peak Performance Consultant Accredited Sport Psychologist Roberto Forzoni is a highly qualified and experienced peak performance consultant and UEFA football coach. Over the past twenty five years he has worked with some of the biggest sporting organisations in the world, including The Football Association, the Lawn Tennis Association, Premier League football teams, managers and players, the English Institute of Sport (EIS) and countless businesses. His expertise in the area of achieving success with limited resources, team and group dynamics, and peak performance, makes him a highly sought after consultant and speaker. In any leading business or team, the challenge is always to pinpoint what’s around the corner, because what was extraordinary yesterday is very ordinary tomorrow. Roberto Forzoni helps teams and organisations perform - to reach levels of achievement they may not have thought possible. With over 25 years experience as a coach and performance consultant, working with some of the biggest names in sport, he knows what it takes to help individuals and teams excel. For more information: Web: www.robertoforzoni.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/performancepsychology E-mail: [email protected] “If you live your life with passion and enthusiasm every day, you will be amazed at what you can achieve in life... ...get ready to get Juiced!” Roberto Forzoni The Laws of Effective Teamwork Law 1: The Law of Significance Law 2: The Law of Vision Law 3: The Law of Strategy Law 4: The Law of the Price Tag Law 5: The Law of Attitude Law 6: The Law of Choice Law 7: The Law of Continual Performance Improvement Law 8: The Law of Adversity and Response Law 9: The Law of Role Clarity Law 10: The Law of Uncontrollables Law 11: The Law of Now Law 12: The Law of Degree Law 13: The Law of Fun Law 14: The Law of Maximising Training Law 15: The Law of Acceptance Law 16: The Law of Standards Law 17: The Law of Self Law 18: The Law of Pain Threshold Law 19: The Law of Sportsmanship Law 20: The Law of Competition Management Law 21: The Law of Avoiding Unnecessary Complications Law 22: The Law of Creating Opportunities Law 23: The Law of Seizing the Opportunity Law 24: The Law of Continual Debriefing Law 25: The Law of Persistence “Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be”.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The Laws of Effective Teamwork In this booklet, I summarise the key elements of effective high-performing teams in the form of Laws of Effective Teamwork. The laws are based on over twenty five years of applied practice, coaching and consulting with some of the highest performers in the world of sport and business. I have developed this set of laws which, when followed, will maximise your opportunity of success, whether in team or individual pursuits of excellence. The wonderful thing about a law is you can depend on it, you can take a law to the bank. Effective teams share a common purpose, values and visions; if you learn and apply the laws, your teamwork capacity will increase. The greater the number of laws you learn, the more likely you are to be transformed from a group of individuals into a winning team. None of the laws stand alone, they complement each other and many even overlap. Enjoy the process, plan your effective teamwork strategy, and never forget that no matter what you do in life, it takes teamwork to make your dreams work. “For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack” Rudyard Kipling “Roberto’s incredible understanding of people, human nature and sport makes him the ultimate performance consultant. He knows what it takes to make people and teams excel and win” Sir Clive Woodward “Teamwork is the essence of life. If there’s one thing on which I’m an authority, it’s how to blend the talents and strengths of individuals into a force that becomes greater than the sum of it’s parts. My driving belief is this: great teamwork is the only way to reach our ultimate moments, to create the breakthrough that define our careers, to fulfil our lives with a sense of lasting significance... However, teamwork isn’t simple. In fact, it can be an frustrating, elusive commodity. That is why there are so many bad teams out there, stuck in neutral or going downhill. Teamwork doesn’t appear magically, just because someone mouths the words. It doesn’t thrive just because of the presence of talent or ambition. It doesn’t flourish simply because a team has tasted success” Pat Riley 1. The Law of Significance We all count Just about everything we do depends on teamwork, so the first thing to acknowledge is the critical and important way teamwork influences us, and not just in team sports. We live our lives as parts of teams, from family to school, social, sport and work. Whatever field you are involved in, teamwork will play an important role in the level of success you attain. Nothing of great significance was ever achieved by an individual acting alone. Look below the surface and you will find that seemingly solo acts are really team efforts. The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement. You cannot do anything of real value alone. That is the Law of Significance. Remember: Teamwork works - individuals can win matches - teams win Championships. • Teams involve more people, thus giving more resources, ideas and energy than would an individual. • Teams maximise a group’s potential and minimise their weaknesses. Strengths and weaknesses are more exposed in individuals. • Teams share credit for victories and the blame for loses. • Teams can simply do more than an individual. “There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves” Lyndon Johnson “I have known Roberto for over twenty years from his work in the game. When it comes to the psychological side of football, his expertise has helped me to add another dimension to my managerial armoury” Chris Hughton Republic of Ireland, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Newcastle United FC, Birmingham City FC “Teamwork is the ability to work together towards a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments towards organisational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results” Vince Lombardi 2. The Law of Vision If you cannot see it, you won’t do it What is your dream? You must start with a vision of success and keep this firmly in your mind. Your vision will act to direct your thoughts and behaviour to achieving what you set out to do. Effective teams set challenging goals that aim higher and higher, and review their goals regularly. They make goals purposeful, and break them into systematic strategies which are time related, realistic, flexible, measurable and motivational. Remember: Goals are dreams with deadlines and for your wildest dreams to come true you must have wild dreams. “I’ve been working hard towards a goal and that’s to be the ultimate artist. An artist goes for perfection” Usher “Whether you think you can or think you can’t..you’re right” Henry Ford “The most important thing about goals is...having one” Geoffrey Abert “Be brave enough to define failure” Herb Elliot “I have worked with Roberto throughout my career, including at Brighton, Spurs, West Ham, Fulham and England. He’s a good guy to work with and has helped me with my football and life” Bobby Zamora England & Fulham FC “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat” Theodore Roosevelt 3. The Law of Strategy Fail to prepare, prepare to fail Effective high performing teams and organisations set out plans they know will maximise the opportunities for success. Having a winning mindset is not about positive thinking, it is about developing a strategy for success and sticking to it. Develop long and short-term strategies to coincide with long and short-term goals. Regularly review where you are and adjust your strategies as necessary. Remember: “Ink it...don’t think it!” - Write down your goals and strategy - writing down your goals has been proven to be more beneficial than simply just thinking about them. “A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step” Chinese Proverb “If we wait for the perfect answer, the world will pass us by” Jack Welch “I brought Roberto in to work with me at three clubs.

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