Notes

Introduction

1 I first saw the Responsibility Chart in a seminar titled “Money and You,” and for the last ten years I have studied the implications of the chart with Bill McCarly of Austin, Texas. For more information on “Money and You” visit www.excellerated.com.

2 Tom Peters, The Project 50 (Reinventing Work): 50 Ways to Transform Every Task into a Project That Matters, Alfred Knopf Publishers, 1999.

Chapter One

1 If you need help resisting “group-think,” please read the excellent book by Jerry Harvey, The Abilene Paradox, Lexington Books, 1988. And then, if you want to know more, try Harvey’s newest book How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed in the Back My Fingerprints Are on the Knife? Jossey-Bass, 1999.

2 “The Leader of the Future,” Fast Company, June 1999, Issue 25, p. 130.

3 “Xtreme Teams,” Fast Company, Nov. 1999, Issue 29, p. 310.

4 Marsha Sinetar, To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love, St. Martin’s Press, 1996.

Chapter Two

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1 Thomas Nef, Lessons from the Top: The Search for America’s Best Business Leaders, Doubleday, 1999.

2 Robert K. Greenleaf, Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness, Paulist Press, 1983.

3 “The Secrets of Their Success,” Fast Company, June 1997, Issue 9, p. 67.

4 “The Secrets of Their Success,” Fast Company, June 1997, Issue 9, p. 67.

5 If you are interested in more detail on Axelrod’s research in reciprocal altruism, read The Evolution of Cooperation, Basic Books, 1985 or The Complexity of Cooperation, Princeton University Press, 1997.

6 “Whole Foods Is All Team,” Fast Company, Issue 2, April 1996, p. 103.

7 “Xtreme Teams,” Fast Company, Issue 29, Nov. 1999, p. 310.

Chapter Three

1 “It Takes Two,” Fast Company, Nov. 1998, Issue 19, p. 212.

2 “The Secrets of Their Success,” Fast Company, June 1997, Issue 9, p. 67.

3 “Whole Foods Is All Teams,” Fast Company, April 1996, Issue 2, p. 103.

4 “Make Smarter Mistakes,” Fast Company, Oct. 1997, Issue 11, p. 152.

Chapter Four

1 “Collision Course,” Fast Company, Feb. 2000, Issue 31, p. 118.

2 “Third Age—Do You Belong?” Fast Company, Aug. 1998, Issue 16, p. 162.

3 “Total Teamwork,” Fast Company, June 1998, Issue 15, p. 130.

4Fast Company, Oct. 1996, Issue 5, p. 113.

5 “The Nike Story: Just Tell It,” Fast Company, Jan/Feb. 2000, Issue 31, p. 44.

Chapter Five

1 R. Buckminster Fuller, Critical Path, St. Martin’s Press, 1981, p. 124.

2 The model and chart are adapted from C. G. McClintock and E. V. Avermaet, “Social values and rules of fairness: A theoretical perspective.” In V.J. Derlega and J. Grzelak (Eds.) Cooperation and Helping Behavior Theories and Research, Academic Press, 1982.

3 “Their Specialty: Teamwork,” Fast Company, Jan./Feb. 2000, Issue 31, p. 54.

4 James Kouzes and Barry Posner, The Leadership Challenge, Jossey-Bass, 1995.

5 “Starting Your Startup,” Fast Company, Jan./Feb. 2000, Issue 31, p. 81.