summary ofThe ProgramBook by Eric Kapitulik, Jake MacDonald

first KEY POINT

How can you achieve more?

Success is a term that varies from person to person. However, what separates the good from the average is the desire to take their current level of success and push it to greater extremes. Asking yourself, “how can we achieve more?” means a brighter future for your business, your team, or your unit.Eric Kapitulik is the CEO and founder of The Program. This is a highly successful team building and leadership development company that works with businesses and teams across the US. For the last 10 years, they have inspired businesses and teams to question their success level and work to increase it.

Winning games, securing contracts, increasing profits is all very well and good but is that enough? How can you ensure that this success continues and increases year after year? Kapitulik uses countless examples throughout the book to give a greater insight into how teams, any team, can bond together closely, using a set of core values to push success to greater levels. With military and sporting examples, similarities can be drawn from any type of “battlefield,” a term used for whatever your current aim and situation may be.The Program leaders have all had harsh experiences of what it means to succeed, often with extreme hard work and resilience along the way. Some leaders have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, making decisions that could easily cause death within an instant. They use the lessons they learned to help people just like you, pushing your current endeavor forward, no matter what roadblock stands in your way.All you need to ask yourself right now is, “what do I want to achieve?”