Jury for the 2025 Management Book of the Year Award
“A valuable book based on doctoral research. It’s an enjoyable read and is beautifully designed.”
Jury's assessment of the longlist of 52 titles, January 2025
The book
Teamenergy, the book. How to Recognize the Energy in Your Team.
By Cees van der Zwan and Leonie van der Zwan-Lindhout. For anyone responsible for how a team feels and how it performs.
Longlist for Management Bookof the Year 2025
256 pages11chapters2024 firstedition
Reviews
What the jury, the press, and readers are saying about * Teamenergy *.
Interview on Managementboek.nl
“Actually, your book should be required reading for quite a few master’s programs, shouldn’t it?”
Bert Peene in his interview with Cees van der Zwan, May 2024
Readers of Managementboek.nl
5.0out of 5
3 out of 3 votes gave 5 stars
What You'll Learn
What can you learn from * Teamenergy*? The book in five steps.
Three parts, eleven chapters. The characters are from the book.
The Six Energies.
Each has its own chapter. From “ stress,” “power with a negative connotation,” to “ comfort ”: “teams on the Energy-saving mode.”
The Teamenergy Model.
How the six energies are connected, and how to get the energy flowing in your team.
Team energy measurement.
How to assess the energy in your team, explained using a real team as an example. The book includes a condensed assessment—no obligation and free of charge.
The Team Development Model.
Seven phases, from “ Fire hazard ” to “ Olympic flame.” You’ll see where your team stands and how it’s growing toward sustainable performance.
What to do in each phase.
Four strategies: Put out, Gather resources, Fire up , and Perform maintenance. For each strategy, there is a list of actions that the Team leader , and the team can take.
The Six Energies in Every Team
Part I
The Teamenergy Model
Chapter 7
Team Values Alongside the Reference
Part II: The Case Study
Seven Phases
Chapter 10
Four Strategies
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From Real-World Experience
Real teams, with different names.
All the examples in the book are about real teams. A few of them are also featured on this site.
A team on vacation.
The team expected explosive energy. The results told a different story. Read about it on the page “The Results Fall Short.”
From a top team to a struggling team.
A management team after a colleague returned from taking time off due to burnout. On the page “Back After a Burnout.”
No wounds, just craters.
A team after a reorganization. On the page "A Reorganization Is Coming."
From facts and scores to a conversation.
The FinQas secondment team. His story can be found on the pagetitled “The Benefits of the Training Fade Away.”
“We’re all in vacation mode!”
A team member. Book, p. 114
“Less bravado, but a team spirit that stands for something.”
About Onno's MT. Book, p. 103
“The team has been torn apart; there are no wounds, but there are craters.”
The New Team leader. Book, p. 70
“We’re having a conversation with each other now instead of just exchanging facts and scores.”
A member of the FinQas team. Book, p. 26
The teams really exist. Only the names have been changed.
The Authors
Who wrote * Teamenergy*? A researcher and a psychologist.
Founder of the " Teamenergy" approach
Dr. Cees van der Zwan
- In 2017, he earned his Ph.D.from VU University Amsterdam on the topic of energy in teams
- 100 teamsmentored over 6 years of research
He looks at the team as a whole and has been working as a team coach for years.
Co-founder, psychologist, and team developer
Leonie van der Zwan-Lindhout, M.A.
“I’d love to have a lot of hassle.”
She gets called in when a team has already tried a lot of things. In the study, she served as Cees’s sounding board. She focuses more on the people on the team.
Read their story on the "About Us" pageFollow Cees on LinkedIn
Cees van der Zwan, founder of Teamenergy
The dissertation was full of scientific content. This book makes it accessible.
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What Others Are Saying
From the government and the business community.
Berend van der Ploeg.
Managing Director and City Clerk of the City of Den Bosch: “This book is a must-read for team leaders who, together with their teams, strive for effective collaboration.”
Johan Strieker.
Program Manager, responsible for employee surveys within the government, including those at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. On the question of what to do after an employee survey: “This book goes a step further and answers that question.”
Marcus Groeneveld.
Founder of Freeday and Ciphix: “Teamenergy is inspiring and clearly written. You can get started right away!”
“A book written without any fuss.”
Berend van der Ploeg, City Clerk of the City of Den Bosch
“Many organizations conduct employee surveys on a regular basis. These surveys provide valuable information. The question that often remains unanswered is: what should we do next?”
Johan Strieker, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
“*Teamenergy * is inspiring and clearly written. You can get started right away!”
Marcus Groeneveld, Freeday, and Ciphix
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Teamenergy in your own closet. With a shortened version included.
€22.50paperback
€14.50e-book
The book comes with an abridged version of * Team energy measurement*, available free of charge and with no obligation. This way, you can read Parts II and III while following along with your own team’s results.
ISBN 9789493282414 · S2 Publishers · 256 pages
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions people ask about the book.
Where can you buy the book?
Available at bookstores and online, such as bol.com: €22.50 for the paperback and €14.50 for the e-book (prices as of October 15, 2026). ISBN 9789493282414.
Who is this book for?
For team leaders, team managers, team coordinators, cluster heads, and group leaders: anyone responsible for how a team feels and how it performs.
What is the book based on?
According to the authors, the book is based on six years of scientific research. The insights from Cees van der Zwan’s dissertation, *Toward Energetic Teams: What to Do?*, have been further developed for team leaders.
After reading this, can I assess where my team stands?
Yes. The book includes a brief assessment—no obligation and at no cost. The full assessment also shows you what stage your team is in. That costs €450 per team.
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