Simon Cooper has over 25 years of experience building, developing, and leading high-performance teams. He discusses different leadership styles like autocratic and laissez-faire. The document provides tips for how to recruit the best candidates including creating clear job descriptions and testing applicants. It also discusses how to manage workloads using a prioritization model of importance versus urgency. Developing team strategy is covered as well, including cross-training, sharing knowledge, building team spirit, and understanding stages of team development.