The Culture Code

The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

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Pub Date 1 Feb 2018 | Archive Date 25 May 2018

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*New York Times Bestseller*
*JPMorgan Recommended Read 2018*

‘A marvel of insight and practicality’ Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit

What do Pixar, Google and the San Antonio Spurs basketball team have in common?

The answer is that they all owe their extraordinary success to their team-building skills. In The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle, New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code, goes inside some of the most effective organisations in the world and reveals their secrets. He not only explains what makes such groups tick, but also identifies the key factors that can generate team cohesion in any walk of life. He examines the verbal and physical cues that bring people together. He determines specific strategies that encourage collaboration and build trust. And he offers cautionary tales of toxic cultures and advises how to reform them, above all demonstrating the extraordinary achievements that result when we know how to cooperate effectively.

Combining cutting-edge science, on-the-ground insight and practical ideas for action, The Culture Code is a ground-breaking exploration of how the best groups operate that will change the way we think and work together.

‘Truly brilliant . . . Read it immediately’ Adam Grant, author of Originals

‘Well told stories, with actionable lessons’ Financial Times

*New York Times Bestseller*
*JPMorgan Recommended Read 2018*

‘A marvel of insight and practicality’ Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit

What do Pixar, Google and the San Antonio Spurs...


Advance Praise

'I’ve been waiting years for someone to write this book - I’ve built it up in my mind into something extraordinary. But it is even better than I imagined. Daniel Coyle has produced a truly brilliant, mesmerizing read....Read it immediately' Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals

'If you want to understand how successful groups work - the signals they transmit, the language they speak, the cues that foster creativity - you won’t find a more essential guide than The Culture Code. This is a marvel of insight and practicality' Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit

'I’ve been waiting years for someone to write this book - I’ve built it up in my mind into something extraordinary. But it is even better than I imagined. Daniel Coyle has produced a truly brilliant...


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ISBN 9781847941268
PRICE £14.99 (GBP)
PAGES 304

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Featured Reviews

What can seemingly disparate organizations such as Google and a U.S. baseball team have in common? One key factor, which is brought forth through this book, is success due to internal teams, working together and fashioned by a nurtured, encouraged and functional process. Within this relatively slim, accessible book is an interesting guide to understanding and shaping an authentic, powerful and engaging company or organizational culture. It may even help some families…

The author has effectively lifted the lid on, and looked inside, some of the most effective organizations in the world and scooped out some of their secrets, considering and analysing what is making them function, how they are achieving it and perhaps more importantly why this is a specifically valuable or different attribute. There is no secret sauce, as such, as it can be a combination of many attributes and then their specific application. All the author has done is to provide a well-curated shopping list to the reader – the harder part may be the reader implementing and/or changing things within their own organization.

Even if you don’t have a company to change or no hope of even enacting it, this book can still be an interesting, fascinating read from a purely ‘civilian perspective’. It keeps jargon, hype and insider-speak at bay, without devaluing the presented analysis, thus making it suitable for a wide range of audiences. This is all wrapped up with evidenced science, good practice, insight and much more. It is more than an ‘I think’-type book. It is offered at an amazingly low price too, unbelievably so for what you potentially get, thus there may be no excuse in passing it by.

It is a very interesting concept that has been well executed and packaged, deserving a sequential read. It is a book you will return to and quite conceivably find different nuances or revelations with each review as your knowledge and worldview changes. There is no specific key point that makes this book stand out, it is more its total package – it is all good!
The Culture Code, written by Daniel Coyle and published by Penguin Random House/Cornerstone. ISBN 9781847941268. YYYYY

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