July 19 2006
ANY GIVEN TEAM
Improving Leadership and Team Performance
By RAY McLEAN
Any Given Team is the debut book of highly respected leadership consultant Ray McLean. The book reveals his powerful techniques and strategies that have been successfully applied by many of Australia’s elite sporting teams and corporations, to develop outstanding team results.
Crossing over football codes and sports from Australian Rules Football and Rugby League to Rugby Union and Basketball. Ray McLean has worked with St George Illawarra, Adelaide Crows, The Waratahs and Sydney Swans, Sydney Kings, the Australian Basketball Teams, HSBC, Sensis, Country Fire Authority and Toyota.
The clear and concise messages delivered by Ray McLean for improving team performance are resonating beyond business and elite sport, revolutionising the way we approach team activities in general. He has been accredited for turning around the culture in a number of underperforming teams that have since seen their results soar to new heights.
Written in a narrative style peppered with self-deprecating humour, the book chronicles the authors’ own personal journey and the impact his training methods have made to his own life.
About the Author
Ray McLean is a Director of Leading Teams Australia and has worked as a leadership and management consultant for the last 14 years. He also coaches and mentors a number of senior sporting executives.
Ray spent five years in the RAAF as a training and leadership officer where he redesigned the leadership and team development for the Airman Aircrew with the Maritime Patrol Group, from a theoretical course to an experiential/action learning model. He has a Bachelor of Education and taught physical education for eight years.
Praise for Ray McLean
“The culture at our football club is one we all proud of and one we have worked very hard to achieve. It would have not been achieved without Ray McLean’s direction and guidance.”
Paul Roos, Sydney Swans 2005 Premiership Coach
“Ray McLean is expert in assisting organisations develop their culture and values. An outstanding facilitator and communicator, he emphasises the importance of individuals taking responsibility and becoming leaders to achieve better team results.”
Brian Goorjian, Head Coach NBL Sydney Kings & Australian Men’s National Team, Boomers
The book can be obtained by sending an email to info@leadingteams.net.au | 
