Fastcompany iconFastcompanySep 27, 2026 ~1 min source read

5 tips to build a winning team that can handle anything

He has spent his career building and coaching teams—first inside Mars, Target, Google, and Nike, and now with founders, executive teams, and athletes. Listen to the audio version of this Book Bite—read by André himself—in the Next Big Idea App, or buy the book.

5 tips to build a winning team that can handle anything

Share this story

Send the public story page.

Useful takeaways from this story.

He has spent his career building and coaching teams—first inside Mars, Target, Google, and Nike, and now with founders, executive teams, and athletes.

Listen to the audio version of this Book Bite—read by André himself—in the Next Big Idea App, or buy the book.

Official rescue systems were overwhelmed within hours, so ordinary people hitched up their fishing boats and went to work.

Building the complete brief

The page is ready to read now. The fuller skim-friendly version will appear here automatically.

The useful part

He has spent his career building and coaching teams—first inside Mars, Target, Google, and Nike, and now with founders, executive teams, and athletes. Listen to the audio version of this Book Bite—read by André himself—in the Next Big Idea App, or buy the book. Official rescue systems were overwhelmed within hours, so ordinary people hitched up their fishing boats and went to work.

How it works

  • Leadership works best when everyone holds a piece of it.

Details worth keeping

Our present moment calls for better, more confident teams. Brilliance must be borrowed so we can see success as possible. The team is the only unit of performance that matters.

Keep reading in the app

Open the app view to save this story, compare related coverage, and continue from the same source.

Open in app