The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Setting and maintain a senior manager. level management team. The four “obsessions” or disciplines, as they are called in the text, cover the entire spectrum of the ideal team. The first steps of building a team are covered and he explains the high level of trust and responsibility that is required, even comparing it to being close to a real family. He then discusses team clarity, touching on aspects such as values, goals and my favorite competition. He emphasizes the immense importance of communicating this clarity until you feel like you've "beat a dead horse." Finally, he discusses strengthening this clarity in all parts of the human resources system. This includes the interview process when hiring workers, periodic evaluations and even during the termination phase. In this article, I would like to focus on the discipline that seems to me most often neglected, strengthening through human relationships. Almost all successful businesses can and do practice the first two disciplines listed in the book. It is necessary for a company to build a cohesive team and determine what the team's objectives and missions will be. Some teams, although often unintentionally, over-communicate these goals and objectives through posters and periodic team meetings. Only the best and most successful businesses make it to the fourth and final, most vital stage. I think this is critical because no matter how much you know and communicate your mission, if you don't put it into action, it's just talk. For example, if I had the cure for cancer, but I only talked about it and its incredible potential, and I failed to use it to save people, then I might as well have not having told anyone about it in the first place. The same is true in business: if you know the business plan and don't implement it, then it is absolutely useless. As I mentioned earlier, outside of a family business or partnership between long-time friends, the concepts in the book are a bit idealistic, however, I think this is a positive aspect of the book because it allows readers to have something to strive towards and try to achieve always..

Essay / The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Setting and maintain a senior manager. level management team. The four “obsessions” or disciplines, as they are called in the text, cover the entire spectrum of the ideal team. The first steps of building a team are covered and he explains the high level of trust and responsibility that is required, even comparing it to being close to a real family. He then discusses team clarity, touching on aspects such as values, goals and my favorite competition. He emphasizes the immense importance of communicating this clarity until you feel like you've "beat a dead horse." Finally, he discusses strengthening this clarity in all parts of the human resources system. This includes the interview process when hiring workers, periodic evaluations and even during the termination phase. In this article, I would like to focus on the discipline that seems to me most often neglected, strengthening through human relationships. Almost all successful businesses can and do practice the first two disciplines listed in the book. It is necessary for a company to build a cohesive team and determine what the team's objectives and missions will be. Some teams, although often unintentionally, over-communicate these goals and objectives through posters and periodic team meetings. Only the best and most successful businesses make it to the fourth and final, most vital stage. I think this is critical because no matter how much you know and communicate your mission, if you don't put it into action, it's just talk. For example, if I had the cure for cancer, but I only talked about it and its incredible potential, and I failed to use it to save people, then I might as well have not having told anyone about it in the first place. The same is true in business: if you know the business plan and don't implement it, then it is absolutely useless. As I mentioned earlier, outside of a family business or partnership between long-time friends, the concepts in the book are a bit idealistic, however, I think this is a positive aspect of the book because it allows readers to have something to strive towards and try to achieve always..

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