– Shaunti Feldhahn | Author, For Women Only and The Male Factor
Sync or Swim for Teamwork Improvement Strategies
When teams don’t work together, frustration builds fast. Communication gets sloppy, trust fades, and the smallest project becomes a battle. If you’re feeling stuck in a team that’s missing connection, you want one thing: a way to work better together without the constant friction.
At Appreciation at Work, we understand how hard it is when teamwork falls apart. That’s why we created Sync or Swim, a powerful story that delivers teamwork improvement strategies you can apply immediately. Follow these clear steps to build a healthier, more connected team!
Sync or Swim Book
A Fable About Workplace Communication and Coming Together in a Crisis
How Sync or Swim Helps Teams Work Together Again
Seeing the Warning Signs Early
Teams rarely break down overnight. Sync or Swim teaches you to spot trouble early—giving you time to apply teamwork improvement strategies before problems get worse.
Building Real Collaboration Skills
Good teams aren’t built on guesswork. Our book delivers clear steps for developing professional collaboration skills that hold teams together, even under stress.
Using Stories to Strengthen Leadership
Stories stick. Sync or Swim uses simple, memorable workplace leadership storytelling to teach lessons that change behavior—not just for today, but for the long haul.
Practical Steps for Better Relationships
Trust doesn’t appear by accident. You’ll find practical steps on how to build stronger workplace relationships and repair strained team dynamics without long, awkward meetings.
Encouraging a Culture of Appreciation
We believe that a culture of appreciation begins with acknowledging employees as individuals. Sync or Swim shows you simple daily habits that make appreciation a natural part of your team’s culture.
Working with a discouraged, disorganized, cynical team? Learn how to turn it around.
Sync or Swim: A Fable About Improving Workplace Culture and Communication is a small tale with enormous insight on ways you can empower, engage, and energize employees or volunteers facing discouragement or cynicism.
Sam, the new CEO, was ready to hit the ground running. But his team members-and Mother Nature-had other plans.
An ambitious yet naïve sheepdog is called upon to lead Monarch Enterprises-a troubled organization on a beautiful isle. Confronted with broken systems and challenging personality types, Sam must learn how to marshal his team before the imminent storm washes everything away. Along the way, he gleans valuable lessons from an unlikely mentor-a wise, old puffin.
- teach you communication techniques that enhance teamwork and productivity;
- bring to life the principles used by hundreds of successful organizations;
- provide relevant, practical insights based on real-world experiences; and
- stimulate lively and positive interaction (discussion guide included).
Before you can lead change, you must learn to communicate effectively.
Based on the principles successfully used by major corporations, health organizations, over 250 colleges and universities, government agencies, churches and non-profits.
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Building Teams That Care, Collaborate, and Succeed
Actionable Tools That Teams Can Use
An effective recognition strategy integrates both appreciation and performance-based recognition. The lessons from Sync or Swim give you teamwork improvement strategies that fit into your team’s real workflow, not add extra layers of “busy work.”
Stronger, Lasting Professional Relationships
Our approach strengthens professional collaboration skills while helping teams build respect, reliability, and stronger workplace connections.
Leadership That Inspires, Not Controls
Through simple workplace leadership storytelling, we help team leaders move from “managing” people to inspiring them to care, commit, and collaborate.
“Sync or Swim is a quick and easy read with a simple but powerful message for anyone who hopes to effectively manage and lead others. It reminds us of what we all need to remember but too quickly forget-that everyone needs appreciation, but that everyone needs it communicated in their own unique way. This book is a beautiful introduction to the basics of the true art of appreciation in the workplace.”
– Jack Canfield | Coauthor of The Success Principles and Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work
“I’ve always said that business is easy . . . until people get involved. The key word is teamwork. If you can’t work together, you can’t win together. In Sync or Swim, Chapman, White, and Myra tell a quick, fun story that gives you the tools you need to bring your people together like never before.“
– Dave Ramsey | New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio show host
“I was sitting waiting to board a flight, with twenty things on my to-do list. But I decided to look at this fable . . . and couldn’t stop reading! It really drew me in and I instantly started thinking about how I need to purposefully tell (and show) my amazing team members how much I genuinely appreciate them-and to do so much more often. Sync or Swim makes a tremendously important point in an incredibly simple way-that I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget.”
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Authors
Dr. Gary Chapman
Gary Chapman, PhD, is the author of the bestselling The 5 Love Languages® series, which has sold more than 9 million worldwide and has been translated into 49 languages. Dr. Chapman travels the world presenting seminars on marriage, family, and relationships, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, Karolyn.
Dr. Paul White
DR. PAUL WHITE, PhD, is a psychologist, speaker, consultant and author whose passion is “making work relationships work.”
For over 20 years, he has assisted businesses, government agencies, schools and non-profit agencies:
- improve staff morale and create positive work environments
- learn how to communicate individualized authentic appreciation among team members
- reduce the sarcasm, cynicism and negativity associated with toxic work environments, and
- build positive work cultures by discovering how to overcome the most common obstacles faced.
Additionally, Dr. White is a high-energy, humorous speaker who provides practical daily life tips for improving work-based relationships. In addition to speaking across North America, he has spoken in Europe, Central Asia, the Caribbean, China, and South America. For more information, please contact us at admin@appreciationatwork.com or visit his website, www.drpaulwhite.com.
Harold Myra
Harold Myra has written more than two dozen fiction and nonfiction books, including The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham. During his thirty-two years as CEO of a magazine publishing company, the organization grew from one magazine to thirteen while establishing a thriving Internet site.
Better Teams Start with Better Tools
You don’t have to accept poor teamwork or strained relationships. Choosing Sync or Swim means you avoid endless cycles of miscommunication, frustration, and missed goals.
We deliver real teamwork improvement strategies, powerful professional collaboration skills, and proven methods to build stronger workplace relationships.