Rate your team in 5 minutes. Discover exactly where to focus.
A one-page diagnostic based on the Five Lightning Markers from the book. Rate your team across five dimensions, get your score, and know exactly where to start improving.
The scorecard shows you where you stand. The book shows you how to get where you want to go.
The complete framework for diagnosing team performance across five dimensions: Vulnerability-Based Trust, Truth-Seeking Conflict, North Star Purpose, Distributed Authority, and Collective Ownership. Includes real stories, research, and implementation playbooks for each marker.
Chapters 1 & 3–5The five forces that tear teams apart: Ego, Silos, Short-Termism, Synchronous Addiction, and The Hero Myth. Learn to identify which forces are attacking your team and the specific counter-measures for each one.
Chapters 1 & 5A complete architecture for institutionalizing team excellence. Diagnose which component of your "bottle" needs work — Glass (systems), Conductor (trust), Seal (culture), or Charge (purpose) — and build a team that sustains performance beyond any single leader.
Chapters 5 & 9A week-by-week action plan for transforming your team in 90 days. Role-specific guidance for Leaders, Managers, and Individual Contributors across three phases: Foundation, Systems, and Empowerment.
Chapter 10The book's central framework. Leaders, Managers, and Individual Contributors as equal partners — not a hierarchy. Includes maturity assessment and role-specific guidance.
A modified trust formula for distributed teams across cultures. Includes the Trust Repair Protocol for when trust breaks down.
A structured process for co-creating team purpose. Includes three validation tests and the Alignment Audit.
Three-phase crisis response framework with specific actions for Leaders, Managers, and ICs. Includes the Four Stages of Burnout and prevention protocols.
Six-category diagnostic for legacy planning. Are you building a team that thrives after you leave, or a dependency that collapses?
Every framework includes real stories from teams at Hershey, Wells Fargo, Pixar, Toyota, NASA, the All Blacks, and more — plus step-by-step implementation guidance.