The 17 Indisputable Laws Of Teamwork Workbook

by John C. Maxwell

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork has quickly become one of John Maxwell's bestselling books on leadership. Now, in this companion workbook, Dr. Maxwell provides a tool every person can use to adapt the 17 Laws to leadership at home, work, and church.

Genres: Leadership

240 pages, Paperback

Published February 11, 2003

About the author

John Calvin Maxwell is an American author, speaker, and pastor who has written many books, primarily focusing on leadership. Titles include The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. Some of his books have been on the New York Times Best Seller List.

Reviews

[Rebecca N · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like a list of things - a countdown or count up of 17 rules for teamwork works for me. Easy to read, you need to take notes, but the author provides some good rules for leaders. There is an anecdotal story with each rule, and I liked that. Nothing earth shattering here, but some great reminders for leaders or anyone developing teams!

[P · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read book but worth taking notes to remember all tips. It's written in a very American style because author uses many American examples to explain the laws. It's easy to understand but many things won't sound familiar.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was ok. it's an older book, so some of the examples do not hold up.

[Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

I finally decided to shelve this book (about halfway through and didn't finish it). It's very rare for me to not finish a book I begin, so I think that's quite indicative. I read Maxwell's more famous leadership book in college and was thoroughly bored and disappointed with it. Maybe because my expectations were sufficiently low this time around, but I didn't find it quite so insubstantial as I feared. Even still, the substance I did find was mostly that some of the topics he focused on were good for conversation with a mentor, rather than Maxwell's writing providing sufficient insight himself. Overall, I'd say it's an OK book to consider basic and generic teamwork principles without anything especially insightful actually contained within it. And, as for Maxwell's status as a "Christian" leadership writer, I can say there's nothing at all in this book (or his other more famous leadership book) to suggest anything at all specifically related to Christ or Christian principles. In fact, some of it, in the ways it related to more typical American business "common sense", could even be said to be opposite the teachings and examples of Jesus. But, if you just want a pretty straightforward teamwork text on generic principles of teamwork, together with quite a few slightly entertaining stories/examples, then this book is fine.