Interwoven with the fictional story of a woman who becomes CEO of a struggling, high-profile company with a dysfunctional executive team is an analysis of five behavioral problems that can ruin any productive environment. To remedy these common "dysfunctions," Lencioni offers a set of diagnostic questions to help readers assess their ...
Whether leading in business, church, sports, or in the family, teamwork is essential. In this new book, the author of "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" shows the importance of working together.
A classic in business, Peter Senge's THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE promotes the idea of "the learning corporation." Since change is inevitable, and since those who do not respond well to change will fail, Senge feels it is incumbent upon companies to be resilient, to keep themselves new, and, most importantly, to develop their employees. A company with an ...
In the years following the publication of Patrick Lencioni's best-seller The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, fans have been clamoring for more information on how to implement the ideas outlined in the book. In Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Lencioni offers more specific, practical guidance for overcoming the Five Dysfunctions using tools ...
"The Energy Bus", an international best seller by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment - at work and at home. Jon infuses this engaging story with keen insights as he provides a powerful ...
The authors of "Raving Fans, Gung Ho!" and "Big Bucks!" return with another winning guide--a blueprint for successful team building in any organization. Told as a parable, "High Five!" is the story of Alan Foster, who is fired because, as his boss puts it, "Alan, we need good producers but producers who are team players". By helping with his son's ...
Maxwell, a respected speaker and author on Christian leadership, discusses ways to strengthen talents as a leader--from motivation and communication to handling change--without becoming a "manager".
This guide offers 50 proven exercises any manager can use without spending lots of money. These group activities are designed with the non-trainer in mind. It features a special chapter on troubleshooting and dealing with unexpected difficulties in team-building.
This book is an invaluable addition to The One Minute Manager library because "it is clear that high-performing teams are the most important business trend for the 1990s", according to Dr. Ken Blanchard and his collaborators explain the four states of development all groups move through and reveal how a manager can help any group become fully ...
To discover what differentiates various levels of team performance, where and how teams work best, and how to enhance their effectiveness, the authors talked with hundreds of people involved in more than fifty different teams. The "Wisdom of Teams" includes stories and case examples involving real people and situations and shows why teams will be ...
Filled with real-life examples, Kelley's book offers a dynamic program that provides ordinary people with the guidance and inspiration to become extraordinary performers.
For a graduate management OR undergraduate management course in Organization Behavior, Group Dynamics, or Teamwork. Making the Team unites cutting-edge research on groups with practical management principles. Making the Team organizes the art and science of teamwork in 3 primary tasks for the leader/manager: (1) Accurately assessing and improving ...
The Duke University men's basketball team has served as the gold standard in college athletics for well over two decades .and that's all because of the extraordinary impact of Mike Krzyzewski, the highly-respected coach of the Duke squad. Coach K's reputation as a teacher of young men has transcended his extraordinary success as a coach. The Duke ...
Great champions in sports, business and even families have one thing in common. It's a legitimate secret weapon. It is something that lies deep in the genetic code of winning organizations. It appears when pressure is high, when the stakes are critical and when everything is on the line. They know how to work as a team. Blair Singer's ...
Make the leap from manager to sales coach today! Sales coaching is a powerful tool. It can forge partnerships, cement relationships, and multiply sales. It can blast away at hyper-competition. Yet few managers have coaching in their grasp. This book will show you as a sales manager how to: help each of your salespeople increase effectiveness and ...
Teams are fast becoming a flexible and efficient way to enhance organizational performance. Yet today's business leaders consistently overlook opportunities to exploit their potential, confusing teams with teamwork or sharing. In this book, two senior McKinsey & Co. partners argue that we cannot meet the challenges ahead, from total quality to ...
Leading management guru Peter M Senge defines the five business 'disciplines' which together help to build learning organizations. These companies will be the successful ones in the coming decade because of their ability to learn, to absorb new ideas, theories and practices at all employee levels and use them to competitive advantage. Shared ...
'[A] tour de force on what makes teams successful. Building on sound theory and relying on extensive research, they offer specific, practical tools that will deliver team value. Team members, business leaders, and organization consultants should not only read, but use this work' - Professor Ulrich, University of Michigan 'This book makes ...
Conceived as a core text for more theoretically based courses, "A Systems Approach to Small Group Interaction" uses Tubbs' "systems model" as a framework for explaining and integrating the major small group theories. The book thus offers an opportunity to enable undergraduates to clearly view theories that are usually only found in more advanced ...
In a new gift book, Maxwell talks about the life-changing benefits of becoming a better team member in every phase of one's life. Includes unforgettable stories, quick-bulleted tips, and life-changing quotes.
Ever since there have been people, there have been tribes. Within each corporation exist anywhere from a few to hundreds of separate tribes, and Dave Logan, PhD and John King show how these tribes develop, how to assess them, and how to lead them to maximize productivity and growth. Every company, indeed every organization, is a tribe, or if it's ...
What are the secrets of successful teams? Why do some teams achieve remarkable success while others fail or are consigned to mediocrity? To find the answers, Larson and LaFasto interviewed a wide range of teams, including the space shuttle Challenger investigation team and executive management teams, and discovered a surprising consistency in the ...
This motivational guide explains how to help a team pinpoint desired results, determine a reasonable course of action to achieve these results, and learn from experience. The book also describes how to ask questions, offer ideas, and influence the actions of others by modifying one's own behavior patterns.
The most practical leadership textbook available, LEADERSHIP, 4th Edition uses a unique three-pronged approachatheory, application, and skill developmentato make key concepts immediately relevant to tomorrow's leaders. The text combines traditional theory with cutting-edge leadership topics in a concise presentation that focuses on key elements. ...
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