Who's the Driver Anyway?: Making the Shift to a Collaborative Team Culture

Who’s The Driver Anyway? is really quite a tool bag – maybe more of a chest of tools – really it’s a full workshop! I didn’t expect that it would be so comprehensive. It makes a strong case for why “command and control” won’t work anymore and why business needs to shift to a culture of collaboration. That message instantly resonates in today’s business world but up until this book there haven’t been any tools to make it happen – or understand why it’s a lot harder than it sounds. The driver/passenger model of collaboration is a breakthrough! It is very intuitive and the overlying concept of Near/Far explains behaviours that we have all seen. All the tools are so easy to remember – Rift/Shift/Lift, the Expectations Pyramid, Time Frame, HURD, WIN, and the dreaded "opposite effect". It sounds like alphabet soup but they are all very simple and easy to use tools that work in harmony to diagnose problems and make the positive change to a culture of high-performance collaboration. Great stuff!

Developing positive relationships within any organization depends on clear and effective communication. Understanding why and how to make it work is nicely articulated in John’s “Who’s The Driver, Anyway?”. It provides a quick way of learning some highly effective fundamentals to reflect on and put into practice.

Who's the Driver Anyway is an invaluable resource for all managers who need to get things done. It's thorough, clearly written, comprehensive, and provides practical insights to deal with the problems managers face with getting the job done.

John Kuypers walks his audience through a logical sequence of steps towards accountability, responsibility and productivity, and he accomplishes that through vivid and relevant anecdotes. This is a corporate masterpiece which is equally relevant in any setting where relationships are important. Who’s the Driver Anyway? is both articulate and relevant.