Building Team Power: How to Unleash the Collaborative Genius of Teams for Increased Engagement, Productivity, and Results, 2nd Edition

Building Team Power is __a hands-on, how-to book.__ It is a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-your-hands-dirty book. __It is applications oriented all the way.__ Don't look for complex psychological, sociological or academic group theory models here. You won't find any. __Building Team Power__ extends andexpands the reach of my well-received __Mining Group Gold__ book.This one digs into the crucial behaviors you need to understand and practice to be a collaborative leader. It takes you into the "how-tos" for building collaborative partnerships and facilitating teamwork within your own work group, across work groups, or in task forces, committees, problem-solving teams, executive councils, and the like. It is one thing to say, "We need more and better collaboration around here;" it is another thing to do it. This book fills a void because it shows you how to do it in terms you can understand, with skills you can actually put into practice! Skill improvement in building and facilitating collaborative partnerships and teamwork is what this book teaches.After reading __Building Team Power,__ you will, I hope, pick out a few collaborative leadership actions and get started by saying: "Hey, I can give these a try because I understand what I am supposed to do. Kayser's book taught me something."

the Collaborative Team-building Guidebook That Takes mining Group Gold One Step Further

“now More Than Ever Before, Organizations Need To Build And Maintain A Culture Of Trust And Collaboration. This Updated Edition Of building Team Power Brings Tom Kayser’s Important Concepts To A New Generation Of Leaders. Read This Book And Take Its Lessons To Heart—you Can’t Afford Not To.”

—ken Blanchard, Coauthor Of the One Minute Manager® And lead With Luv

“a Must-read For Individuals Wishing To Build Successful Teams In Today’s Complex, Highly Interconnected, And Global Environments. Having Worked Directly With Tom Over The Years, I Can Confirm That His Principles Work!”

—jim Stoffel, Executive Partner, Trillium-group, Llc, And Previously Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak And Vice President And General Manager, Xerox

“a Well-organized Toolkit Of Ready-to-use Techniques To Enable Fast, Cross-silo, Teambased Problem Solving And Value Creation—critical New Capabilities In Our Increasingly Competitive Industry!”

—dr. Jean A. Dames, Senior Manager, Strategic Sales & Leadership Effectiveness, American Express

“tom Kayser Is An Author Worth Reading. His Book, building Team Power, Is About How To Help Teams Collaborate And Win In Today’s Highly Competitive Marketplace. This Is A Significant Addition To The Existing Business Literature On Work Team Collaboration. Read It And Become A Better Leader.”

—john Vester Iii, Principal, Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Service

“tom Kayser Delves Into The Intrinsic Values That Unleash The Full Potential Of Teams.

building Team Power Is A Must For Every Leader!”

—rose Fass, Founder And Ceo, Fassforward Consulting Group

“building Team Power Is To Your Team What The Owner’s Manual Is To Your Car: The Onestop Resource For How It Works, How To Maintain It, And What To Do First If It Breaks Down.”

—ed Muzio, Ceo, Group Harmonics, Inc.; Author Of make Work Great

about The Book:

after 30 Years At Xerox And In The Course Of His Consulting Work, Tom Kayser Discovered A Major Shift In How People Work. The Old School Of Rigid “command-and-control” Management No Longer Gets Results. To Stay Productive And Competitive In Today’s World, The Key Word Is “collaboration.” By Studying And Isolating What Makes Teams Succeed In The Workplace, Kayser Has Developed A System Of Proven Team-building Techniques That Anyone Can Apply To His Or Her Own Group Situations. His Step-by-step Program Shows You How To:

• solve Problems Faster, Smarter, And Better
• delegate Work More Effectively And Efficiently
• manage Conflicts And Interpersonal Issues
• build Mutual Trust Among Your People
• make Wiser Decisions At Every Level

building Team Power Is Filled With Clear Examples And Powerful Exercises To Help You Put Theory Into Practice. You’ll Discover Seven Proven Strategies For Improving Your Team, Key Brainstorming Techniques For Group Meetings, Analytic Tools For Problem Solving, And A Six-step Collaborative Model For All Occasions. You’ll Learn How To Capture Your Market, Reduce Costs, And Improve Quality By Unleashing The Untapped, Collaborative Genius Of Your People And Your Teams. You’ll Find Out How To Do Things Right The First Time, Every Time, Adding Value To Your Products And Services While Being More Agile And Responsive Than Your Competitors. Plus, You’ll Read A Fascinating Case Study Of One Company Dealing With Budget Cuts In Today’s Tough Economy. This Is How You Unlock The Collaborative Power Of The People Around You.

this Is How You All Work Together To Make Things Happen. This Is building Team Power.

The collaborative team-building guidebook that takes Mining Group Gold one step further "Now more than ever before, organizations need to build and maintain a culture of trust and collaboration. This updated edition of Building Team Power brings Tom Kayser's important concepts to a new generation of leaders. Read this book and take its lessons to heart--you can't afford not to." --Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager (R) and Lead with LUV "A must-read for individuals wishing to build successful teams in today's complex, highly interconnected, and global environments. Having worked directly with Tom over the years, I can confirm that his principles work!" --Jim Stoffel, Executive Partner, Trillium-Group, LLC, and previously Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak and Vice President and General Manager, Xerox "A well-organized toolkit of ready-to-use techniques to enable fast, cross-silo, teambased problem solving and value creation--critical new capabilities in our increasingly competitive industry!" --Dr. Jean A. Dames, Senior Manager, Strategic Sales & Leadership Effectiveness, American Express "Tom Kayser is an author worth reading. His book, Building Team Power , is about how to help teams collaborate and win in today's highly competitive marketplace. This is a significant addition to the existing business literature on work team collaboration. Read it and become a better leader." --John Vester III, Principal, Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Service "Tom Kayser delves into the intrinsic values that unleash the full potential of teams. Building Team Power is a must for every leader!" --Rose Fass, Founder and CEO, fassforward consulting group " Building Team Power is to your team what the owner's manual is to your car: the onestop resource for how it works, how to maintain it, and what to do first if it breaks down." --Ed Muzio, CEO, Group Harmonics, Inc.; author of Make Work Great After 30 years at Xerox and in the course of his consulting work, Tom Kayser discovered a major shift in how people work. The old school of rigid "command-and-control" management no longer gets results. To stay productive and competitive in today's world, the key word is "collaboration." By studying and isolating what makes teams succeed in the workplace, Kayser has developed a system of proven team-building techniques that anyone can apply to his or her own group situations. His step-by-step program shows you how to: Solve problems faster, smarter, and better Delegate work more effectively and efficiently Manage conflicts and interpersonal issues Build mutual trust among your people Make wiser decisions at every level Building Team Power is filled with clear examples and powerful exercises to help you put theory into practice. You'll discover seven proven strategies for improving your team, key brainstorming techniques for group meetings, analytic tools for problem solving, and a six-step collaborative model for all occasions. You'll learn how to capture your market, reduce costs, and improve quality by unleashing the untapped, collaborative genius of your people and your teams. You'll find out how to do things right the first time, every time, adding value to your products and services while being more agile and responsive than your competitors. Plus, you'll read a fascinating case study of one company dealing with budget cuts in today's tough economy. This is how you unlock the collaborative power of the people around you. The collaborative team-building guidebook that takes Mining Group Gold one step further "Now more than ever before, organizations need to build and maintain a culture of trust and collaboration. This updated edition of Building Team Power brings Tom Kayser's important concepts to a new generation of leaders. Read this book and take its lessons to heart-you can't afford not to." -Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager* and Lead with LUV "A must-read for individuals wishing to build successful teams in today's complex, highly interconnected, and global environments. Having worked directly with Tom over the years, I can confirm that his principles work!" -Jim Stoffel, Executive Partner, Trillium-Group, LLC, and previously Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak and Vice President and General Manager, Xerox "A well-organized toolkit of ready-to-use techniques to enable fast, cross-silo, teambased problem solving and value creation-critical new capabilities in our increasingly competitive industry!" -Dr. Jean A. Dames, Senior Manager, Strategic Sales Leadership Effectiveness, American Express "Tom Kayser is an author worth reading. His book, Building Team Power, is about how to help teams collaborate and win in today's highly competitive marketplace. This is a significant addition to the existing business literature on work team collaboration. Read it and become a better leader." -John Vester III, Principal, Ernst Young Transaction Advisory Service "Tom Kayser delves into the intrinsic values that unleash the full potential of teams. Building Team Power is a must for every leader!" -Rose Fass, Founder and CEO, fassforward consulting group "Building Team Power is to your team what the owner's manual is to your car: the onestop resource for how it works, how to maintain it, and what to do first if it breaks down." -Ed Muzio, CEO, Group Harmonics, Inc.; author of Make Work Great After 30 years at Xerox and in the course of his consulting work, Tom Kayser discovered a major shift in how people work. The old school of rigid "command-and-control" management no longer gets results. To stay productive and competitive in today's world, the key word is "collaboration." By studying and isolating what makes teams succeed in the workplace, Kayser has developed a system of proven team-building techniques that anyone can apply to his or her own group situations. His step-by-step program shows you how to: *Solve problems faster, smarter, and better *Delegate work more effectively and efficiently *Manage conflicts and interpersonal issues *Build mutual trust among your people *Make wiser decisions at every level Building Team Power is filled with clear examples and powerful exercises to help you put theory into practice. You'll discover seven proven strategies for improving your team, key brainstorming techniques for group meetings, analytic tools for problem solving, and a six-step collaborative model for all occasions. You'll learn how to capture your market, reduce costs, and improve quality by unleashing the untapped, collaborative genius of your people and your teams. You'll find out how to do things right the first time, every time, adding value to your products and services while being more agile and responsive than your competitors. Plus, you'll read a fascinating case study of one company dealing with budget cuts in today's tough economy. This is how you unlock the collaborative power of the people around you. -- Provided by publisher Building Team Power is a hands-on, how-to book. It is a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-your-hands-dirty book. It is applications oriented all the way. Don't look for complex psychological, sociological or academic group theory models here. You won't find any. Building Team Power extends and expands the reach of my well-received Mining Group Gold book. This one digs into the crucial behaviors you need to understand and practice to be a collaborative leader. It takes you into the "how-tos" for building collaborative partnerships and facilitating teamwork within your own work group, across work groups, or in task forces, committees, problem-solving teams, executive councils, and the like. It is one thing to say, "We need more and better collaboration around here;" it is another thing to do it. This book fills a void because it shows you how to do it in terms you can understand, with skills you can actually put into practice! Skill improvement in building and facilitating collaborative partnerships and teamwork is what this book teaches.After reading Building Team Power, you will, I hope, pick out a few collaborative leadership actions and get started by saying: "Hey, I can give these a try because I understand what I am supposed to do. Kayser's book taught me something." Building Team Power is a hands-on, how-to book. It is a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-your-hands-dirty book. It is applications oriented all the way. Don't look for complex psychological, sociological or academic group theory models here. You won't find any. Building Team Power extends and expands the reach of my well-received Mining Group Gold book. This one digs into the crucial behaviors you need to understand and practice to be a collaborative leader. It takes you into the "how-tos" for building collaborative partnerships and facilitating teamwork within your own work group, across work groups, or in task forces, committees, problem-solving teams, executive councils, and the like. It is one thing to say, "We need more and better collaboration around here;" it is another thing to do it. This book fills a void because it shows you how to do it in terms you can understand, with skills you can actually put into practice! Skill improvement in building and facilitating collaborative partnerships and teamwork is what this book teaches. After reading Building Team Power, you will, I hope, pick out a few collaborative leadership actions and get started by "Hey, I can give these a try because I understand what I am supposed to do. Kayser's book taught me something." The pressure for collaborative leadership and partnerships in organizations The call for collaborative leadership : whitewater global markets and transformation of organizational structures The core elements of collaborative partnerships : six ingredients required for success An integrative framework linking the book's chapters : your pathway to unleashing the collaborative genius of work teams Seven "how to" collaborative leadership behaviors for building team power Mutual trust : the heart of collaborative leadership Decision making : the range of options and the forces impacting your decision choice Consensus building : facilitating whole-group support Conflict management : facilitating seven steps to collaborative conflict resolution Delegation effectiveness : increasing the capacity of others to act Team problem solving I : a systematic, collaborative model for all occasions Team problem solving II : structured methods for creating, displaying, and analyzing problem solving data A collaborative leader in action building a collaborative partnership The budget cut : a case study integrating what has been learned. The "sequel" to the classic Mining Group Gold offers ideas, tools, and techniques for increasing team productivity in any environment-public or private sector; profit or nonprofit; service or manufacturing-based.