"The definitive playbook for
CEOs of high-stakes, venture backed companies."
—Michael Moe, Founder at Global Silicon Valley
Jeff James Martin has spent a two-decade career on the ground with high-growth and VC-backed teams trying to answer the question: What makes some high-growth companies succeed, and others fail? This book holds the answer. Peak Teams is a holistic blueprint for building an unstoppable team and empowering them with the core habits that create winning behaviors.
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About Peak Teams
Peak Teams is the foundation behind the Peak Operating System™ and a practical guide for leaders building companies where there is no blueprint. Written by Jeff Martin, the book distills decades of experience working alongside venture-backed and high-growth teams into a clear, actionable framework for scaling execution—not just ideas.
Rather than focusing on strategy alone, Peak Teams reveals what actually separates teams that scale from those that stall: habits. The habits of alignment, communication, trust, learning, and ownership that allow teams to execute consistently in fast-moving, uncertain environments.
What the book covers
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The five behaviors of high-performing teams: Symbiosis, Communication, Alignment, Learning, and Empowerment
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Why execution breaks down as companies grow—and how to prevent it
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How to create focus when everything feels urgent
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The cadence and tools elite teams use to turn plans into results
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A repeatable system for aligning leaders, teams, and execution at scale
Why it matters
Peak Teams isn’t theory. It’s a field guide for founders, CEOs, and leadership teams navigating growth, complexity, and constant change. The principles in the book form the backbone of how Collective Genius teams plan, execute, and learn together—quarter after quarter.
Many members use Peak Teams as:
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A shared language for leadership teams
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A starting point before implementing Peak OS™
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A reference guide to reinforce habits between sessions
If you’re building something new, scaling fast, or feeling the strain of growth, Peak Teams provides the clarity and structure to help your team operate at a higher level—without slowing you down.
Read it. Share it with your team. Build habits that scale.
Jeff James Martin
Over the course of a two-decade career, Jeff James Martin has worked with hundreds of venture-backed leadership teams, from seed to exit, and investors across the US and worldwide. Jeff has personally founded, sold, and played multiple roles at venture-backed technology companies. In 2004, Jeff founded Collective Genius to assist CEOs, founders, and investors to build high-performing teams. He is also the author of the best-selling book Peak Teams - Mastering the Habits of Unstoppable Venture-backed Companies.
As a mentor to accelerator programs and a go-to for VC firms’ portfolio companies globally, Jeff has become a sought-after speaker worldwide. Jeff lives in Los Angeles with his wife and five kids, where he teaches and competes in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a black belt and coaches high school athletics.
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