Culture of Excellence

What We Can Learn from the Yankees About Leadership

By: Colin Cerniglia

Narrated by: Colin Cerniglia

How do culture and leadership impact the performance of a team?

For the past 30 years, one organization in baseball has stood taller than all the rest: the New York Yankees. In Culture of Excellence, Colin Cerniglia takes us inside baseball’s most successful franchise to uncover compelling and useful lessons in leadership. Culture of Excellence is transformative in its premise: it shares strategies you will want to apply and knowledge you can acquire to effectively improve your team and motivate your people.

The Yankees are the premier franchise in baseball, but in spite of all the excellence, their organizational structure wasn’t always intact. You’ll discover how one of the most powerful owners in sports history, by changing his leadership style, positively altered the fortunes of the franchise long after he has passed away. And, you’ll see how the people of the Yankees have powerful stories that illustrate the crucial elements of excellence that can lead to trust and transformation while offering insight into the constantly evolving business of baseball.

With three foundational pillars, you can become a more effective leader and build a culture of excellence through stories from the Yankees.

©2020 Colin Cerniglia (P)2020 Colin Cerniglia

Great read for baseball & non-baseball fans alike!

The author's passion as a baseball fan and experience as a professional leadership development consultant both show through in Culture of Excellence. The book thoughtfully examines the organizational challenges the team faced, the tough corrective actions they took to alter course, and the steps the team took to build a lasting culture of success, all neatly summarized to help you tackle the same challenges inside your team, organization, or workplace. As as bonus to baseball fans, you simultaneously get a look into 30 years of strife and success in the Yankees organization!

Although this is the first audiobook this author has recorded, I really enjoyed the quality of the performance. His experience as a seasoned podcaster shows in the recording of the text.