From Kirkus Reviews

A business book offers a look at group dynamics in the workplace and beyond. As Stewart points out in this compact study, humans are hard-wired to work in groups despite instinctively valuing their individuality. Striking this balance can be tricky, as the author acknowledges. When people lose their sense of self and become subsumed in a group, they compensate with greater differentiation. But if they’re too different, they feel an increased desire to belong. “It is a delicate equilibrium,” Stewart writes, and he’s organized his book into a series of maxims and examples designed to help readers in the business world achieve that balance. The examples range from astronauts to executives, with special detail and affection reserved for the world of professional sports, which the author uses to illustrate key rules of group dynamics. “Businesses are following the sports world’s lead by looking at how an individual impacts the team,” he writes. “If someone does not have the best individual performance metrics, yet the team still performs better when they are there, then the person is valuable for team chemistry.” In all of the scenarios he examines, Stewart stresses personality as strongly as he emphasizes functionality, and he takes a hard look at how to assess such a variable: “Your identity comes from the stories you tell yourself daily and is an unreliable indicator of personality.” Throughout the book, the author is a smoothly personable narrator, easily breaking down the wide-ranging research he’s done into clear summaries and knowing applications. His conclusions can sometimes be off-puttingly cold (when he writes admiringly about the cooperation found in ant colonies, for instance, every corporate drone will feel a bit nervous). But his clarity on the subject of what makes teams work well (and what doesn’t) is sharply thought-provoking. A readable, well-researched work on the factors that make teams succeed.

Kirkus Reviews

"Bruce Stewart has masterfully provided a clear, well structured book on how to create teams that are smart, effective and embrace the fullness of diversity and inclusion. The Click Code: Why Some Teams Click and Others Don't" builds upon itself laying out the type of people and processes that make a team work to its peak performance. He is a world renowned expert and practitioner of diversity and inclusion having worked with many governments and organizations to improve their performance.

Bruce uses examples from sports, health care, the arts, the inner world of Disney, animal behavior and civil rights to highlight what makes for greatness and for real impact. His fundamental premise is that diversity must be coupled with inclusion. He shares how the best teams harness their diversity to ensure that all necessary roles are played coupled with the need for emotional intelligence. Bruce lays out logically and strategically what is needed to maximize differing viewpoints and experiences, how to provide proper feedback, and creative suggestions. This book should be read by all who have been on a team or attended a meeting."

Laura Liswood, author of "The Loudest Duck, Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work",  Wiley & Sons

More Praise…

The Click Code is an invaluable resource for senior executives tasked with challenging mission and performance requirements for their organizational teams. A recognized thought leader in innovative personnel management approaches, Dr. Stewart’s has tapped his unparalleled expertise and incisive wisdom to create a manuscript that represents a new paradigm in team-building philosophy from Q theory to the Plus Principle.
Dave Gardy, Chairman and CEO, TV Worldwide, Inc.

"Dr. Stewart brings a pragmatic approach to the concept and principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This book transcends transformational leadership while invoking thoughtfulness and heightening awareness to promote inclusive mindsets. In addition, you'll receive relevant tools to address your DEI challenges to influence inclusive spaces."
Alfranda Durr LTC (ret), Former Army National Guard Chief of Diversity and Inclusion

"Having led teams into combat and throughout corporate, if there's one thing I've learned is that without solid teamwork, nothing happens.  And Dr. Stewart's book breaks down the ever elusive tactics of how to create, structure and lead teams so that they truly click. If you want your teams to click, this is the book to guide your journey." . 

Kelvin Dixon, Rear Admiral Upper Half, USN Ret.  Corporate Risk Manager  

"As a senior leader in the government and CEO of my own company, managing human resources is critical to accomplishing strategic initiatives and teamwork is the key to not only increasing employee engagement but minimizing potentially litigious behaviors.  Dr. Stewart's new book provides a step-step methodology to get your teams to click, alinging day-day behaviors for strategic accomplishment.  Highly recommended."   

Michell Cottom, Government Leader, Business Owner

“"The secret to building better teams begins and ends with understanding and respecting the cognitive differences we all bring to the table and Dr. Stewart's step-step guide to getting teams to "click" is a must-read."  

Dr. Robert Raleigh, Leading Expert on Cognitive Diversity

“Dr. Stewarts hits the nail on the head once again!  First with the New Inclusion Quotient (IQ) and now the Click Code, this book is a must read for leaders to maximizeeffectiveness, efficiency and engagement of their teams with new positive, productive paradigms  and transforming mindsets.  

Dr. Bryan Champion, Collegiate Professor of  Public Sector Leadership American University, Business Owner, Retired Associate Director Office of Civil Rights, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.