Thankfully, what lies inside this mash of sport, politics, entertainment and motivational techniques is not quite as cringingly awful as its title.
There are still a few buzzwords and catchphrases that will make you groan - ''controlling controllables'', ''derailers'', ''the springboard'' and other such nonsense.
But Khoi Tu, a ''teamwork specialist'', whatever that means, also offers plenty of sound advice to anyone interested in learning how to make a team or organisation run more smoothly.
He takes seven examples of high-achieving ''teams'', explores their background and examines what it is about each one that makes it work.
Just two come from the world of sport, and thankfully neither is Manchester United. Tu spends time with the Ferrari Formula 1 team, focusing on its resurrection as a force in elite motorsport, and the efforts of driver Michael Schumacher and back-room brains Jean Todt and Ross Brawn.
Three heavier chapters - and they are fairly dry - focus on the Northern Ireland peace process, the Red Cross in Haiti, and the SAS Iranian embassy siege team.
The final examples come from the world of entertainment. The new (Pixar) examines ''the power of common purpose'', and the more wrinkled (Rolling Stones) is tagged ''creativity and consistency''.
Each chapter ends with some key points which, despite my instinctive cynicism, actually do offer some common sense. Right, I'm off to control the controllables.
- Hayden Meikle is the Otago Daily Times sports editor.
