Ethan M. Aldridge created fantastic illustrations to tell the story of three friends. In this story, these three friends have moments of happiness but they live in the shadow of the “king of the playground.” This king cares mostly about himself and his own status and leads through fear. As a result, the other kids stick to themselves for fear of being singled out for attention.
The author uses this story as a metaphor for organizations where the “king of the playground” is the boss.
You get many quotes, one-liners, axioms and anecdotes expressing different situations in an organization and probably you will recognize many of them. This booklet will give you food for thought and suggestions to move forward. The author Talks about vision, collaboration, inspiration, trust, building teams, and leadership. For example, we talk nowadays a lot about agile teams. Give this one from the book a thought:
‘A team is not a group of people who work together.
A team is a group of people who trust each othe’
If you are looking for some inspiration for yourself, or maybe for a team retrospective when the team is not a team yet or if you are looking for a nice giveaway this is the book.
Over Henny Portman
Henny Portman is eigenaar van Portman PM[O] Consultancy en biedt begeleiding bij het invoeren en verbeteren van project-, programma- en portfoliomanagement inclusief het opzetten en verder ontwikkelen van PMO's. Hij is auteur en blogger en publiceert regelmatig artikelen.
