Firm Foundations: Expanded Edition: A Functional Guide to Building Effective Teams in the Modern Marketplace

Great teams aren't built by accident. They're built on purpose — in this order.

In Firm Foundations, executive coach and business leader Mark Greaves lays out the seven building blocks every high-performing team needs — Trust, Mission, Accountability, Culture, Communication, and Adversity among them — and the exact order they have to go in. Skip a step, and the whole structure is at risk.

Drawing on his experience leading organizations at the President and Executive level, and coaching leaders across industries, Greaves offers a practical, no-nonsense framework for building teams that don't just perform, they last.

This expanded edition nearly doubles the original book with new case studies, chapter-by-chapter self-assessments, a full appendix of reproducible templates leaders can use with their own teams, and a new closing chapter that ties all seven pillars together into one cohesive system.

Whether you're a first-time manager or a seasoned executive, Firm Foundations gives you a clear, actionable blueprint for building the kind of team that can weather anything, because real success isn't rooted in growth, money, or rewards. It's rooted in something deeper.