Blue Shark Team-Building: Leading High-Performance Teams During a Crisis

Teams working in a crisis are operating in a high turbulence environment. Blue Shark Teams thrive in a crisis. They swim through turbulence and glide to project success. This book reveals the concepts and practical insight on how to create and lead Blue Shark Teams.

The Blue Shark Model of Leading High-Performance Teams is based on Daniel Goleman’s emotional intelligence model and Bruce Tuckman’s team-building model (forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning). This book shows how to apply these models to large companies, small-to-medium size businesses, and projects during a crisis. It explains how managers can develop their leadership style and lead high-performance teams. A real-life case study, which was a success story during the COVID-19 pandemic, is discussed to elaborate the team-building and emotional intelligence models. The lessons learned from this case study can be applied to any crisis in any industry across the spectrum, including healthcare, IT, telecom, construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, airlines, financial services, retail, public sector, and consulting. The book arms executives and managers with the concepts and techniques to lead and manage projects, teams, and companies during turbulent and volatile times.

If you are a CEO, CIO, CTO, or CXO of a Fortune 500 company, a mid-to-small size Business Owner, a Project Manager, or a Senior Executive facing a crisis, then this book is for you. It describes real-life case studies and projects that shows how the theoretical frameworks and models developed by leading researchers can be applied successfully to companies and projects, especially during a crisis and pandemic such as COVID-19.

Rizwan A. Sheikh, Ph.D., PMP, is an internationally recognized management consultant, CEO, Chairman of the Board, and professor of strategy, leadership, team-building, and project management. He has been acknowledged globally as an innovative and dynamic leader, executive trainer, and thought leader. Dr. Sheikh is a recipient of the Microsoft Award for "Innovative Vision and Dynamic Leadership." With more than 30 years of experience, he has assisted Fortune 500 companies and public sector organizations with business and digital transformations in the U.S., U.K., U.A.E., China, France, and other countries. His key clients and employers include Deloitte Consulting, AT&T, PepsiCo, Merrill Lynch, Progressive Insurance, PITB, LUMS, STERIS Corp, Ingersoll-Rand, and Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Dr. Sheikh has taught Leadership and Team-Building, Change Management, Family Business, and Project Management at Harvard, MIT, University of Cambridge, and RMIT (Australia), among other institutions.