Member Reviews
Although I like the idea of rowers, sitters, and swimmers, I found it far too generalized and thus shortsighted. Rowers are described as golden and drillers are toxic and sitters are passive and easily influenced. It's been my experience that they are intelligent, skilled, team members that do not fall neatly into any of these stereotypes. As a result, I could not finish the book, so I won't be leaving a review on outside sites. I thank you for the opportunity to read this book,
Overall the book is interesting and provides insights on team members and their input in organization development and team performance. The referral goes to rowers, sitters and drillers as well as how to identify, deal with and manage them. For me the main point of management learnt from the book is around positivity in team's life and dealing with assignments. This is connected to PAY (positivity assessment tool) reviewed in the book. There are some good ideas on improving team dynamics and supporting positive growth and performance.