The Ideal Team Player

The book is simple to understand even if the principles described are difficult to implement. It can appear simplistic that the essence of an ideal team player can be reduced to a balanced combination of three traits: humble, hunger, and smart. But I found myself agreeing that for a team player, yes, this is what's really required. The technical or vocational skills required are easier to learn.

As for the book itself, I found the fable a better read than in The 6 Types of Working Genius. At least, it didn't make me cringe in places. I don't mind the fable at all. It does a good job of making sure I remember the topic of the book. I don't think I can easily forget the six geniuses and can easily remind myself how they came up with in the fable. Same here, it's just three qualities but I can map it to the people in the story easily. That is the reason for the generous rating.

All in all, it's a worthy read and quite quick too.

Even better than the five dysfunctions of a team book. Very relatable, practical, insightful, to the point, etc. Humble, hungry, smart; I've got it written by my desk now :-).

I read this book because of an episode of Pat's podcast At the Table. I found the fable the best part since the podcast episode gave an overview, but the theory is well explained.

I was ‘assigned' this book for the leadership fellowship I'm participating in. It was a quick read and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I think I may have skipped the last chapter or two due to time constraints; I'd revisit it but I loaned it out to my boss.

Not long after I read the book, we went through the process of hiring two new team members for our region, so the concepts were at the forefront of my mind, and I could see how they played out. I think it presents solid ideas in an easy-to-digest format. None of it is necessarily groundbreaking, but I liked the way the three virtues were defined and the fact that it was a cohesive ‘story' as opposed to the overwrought blog format so many modern self-development books seem to be adopting. I would recommend it for anyone in a position to work with, or especially hire, one or more individuals.

Meh!

The fable was almost sleep inducing, good for late night reads.
The conclusion was filled with narrow takes on reality of workplace and positive anecdotes that were stretched beyond reach.

So, as I said, meh :)