The Team Building Tool Kit : Tips, Tactics, and Rules for Effective Workplace Teams

Workplace teams need to be effective just as professional sports teams do. This problem-solving reference lays down the guidelines for team leaders and members. It discusses how to: define the roles and responsibilities of team members; select team members and encourage positive behavior; facilitate participation at team meetings; deal with the fear of losing control; evaluate and reward teams; determine what kind of training to offer. The author uses bullet-points to make tips and rules easy to grasp, and end-of-chapter questions to illuminate key issues. Workplace teams learn to function as effective units when they have the tools and techniques to be greater than the sum of their parts. The Team-Building Tool Kit provides practical advice to guide team coaches, leaders, and members to high-performance results. Filled with bullet points to make tips and strategies quick and easy to grasp, the book covers both the structure and nitty-gritty process details that so often derail even the best teams. Readers will learn how to: have effective team meetings * improve accountability for results and team member behavior * assess team performance * resolve team conflicts * recognize the pitfalls that affect decision making * train for high performance * design a plan for implementation Featuring new sections on team accountability, decision making, and problem solving, this team-building classic is a must-have for every team library This problem-solving reference lays down the guidelines for team leaders and members. It discusses how to: define the roles and responsibilities of team members; select team members; encourage positive behaviour; facilitate participation at team meetings; and deal with the fear of losing control. Recommends techniques for creating a working team, holding meetings, handling fear and control issues, making decisions, evaluating and rewarding team members, and other aspects