Creating Dream Teams with Mike Zani

The Remarkable Leadership Podcast

You know when you are on a good team. In fact, you feel energized and productive when you work with that team. The question becomes, can we get engagement, productivity, and happiness at work? Mike Zani believes it can and when you have a happy and engaged team, productivity goes through the roof. Mike is the author of The Science of Dream Teams: How Talent Optimization Can Drive Engagement, Productivity and Happiness. He shares with Kevin that most CEOs have a business strategy and a financial plan. However, few have a talent strategy. Yet, productivity and the bottom line are the results of our talent. Engagement begins with an intentional mission and culture. When you get your team connected to the mission and values, you get discretionary effort.

In this episode, Mike breaks down the title of the book and shares his ideas on:

1. A dream team.
2. Talent Optimization.
3. Engagement.
4. Happiness.

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Book Recommendations

• The Science of Dream Teams: How Talent Optimization Can Drive Engagement, Productivity, and Happiness by Mike Zani
• Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives — How Your Friends’ Friends’ Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do by James H. Fowler PhD , Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD
• In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (The American Revolution Series) by Nathaniel Philbrick

Connect with Mike

• Book Website
• Company Website

Related Podcast Episodes

• The Leader’s Role in Employee Engagement with Michael Lee Stallard.
• Creating Happiness in the Workplace with Kris Boesch.
• Understanding Employee Engagement with Jacqueline Throop-Robinson.
• Putting Happiness to Work with Eric Karpinski.

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