Teams & Team Building

This collection focuses on summaries on the following topics:

  • Teams
  • Team Building
  • Team Management
  • Global Teams

There are over 20 summaries in this collection, with at least one new summary added each month.  This collection offers an excellent overview for professionals who work in teams, or lead teams both locally and globally. Click here to see the current titles in the Teams & Team Building collection

In This Collection

 
Virtual Teamwork Ubell , Robert (editor) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Teams, Technology

Over the past 20 years, Internet-based online learning has grown from a rudimentary tool to a routine part of business operations. Today, virtual teams give businesspeople across the globe uninterrupted access to...

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Make Work Great Muzio, Ed McGraw-Hill , 2010 Leadership, Relationships, Teams

In Make Work Great, Ed Muzio outlines a strategy for creating and growing cultural change in the workplace. Whether one is a manager or an individual contributor, Muzio’s book serves as a blueprint for...

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Virtual Team Success DeRosa, Darleen M. | Lepsinger, Richard Jossey-Bass , 2010 Management, Productivity

In today’s complex organizations it is not uncommon to have as many as 50 percent of employees working on virtual teams. Virtual collaboration has already begun to transform many business sectors. The gradual shift of...

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The Circle Way Baldwin, Christina | Linnea, Ann Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2010 Relationships, Teams

The circle not only symbolically represents a different way of meeting as a group, but it also physically changes the way that people interact with one another. When entering a circle, people immediately understand...

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The Improvisation Edge Hough, Karen Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2011 Teams

In The Improvisation Edge, author Karen Hough provides a guide for applying the intrinsic collaborative skills and behaviors of theatrical improvisers to increase innovation and efficiencies and to...

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The First-Time Manager's Guide to Team Building Topchik, Gary S. AMACOM , 2007 Management, Teams

In The First-Time Manager’s Guide to Team Building, Gary S. Topchik explains how to achieve a powerful team that can focus successfully on the desired end results. Topchik dissects the meaning of team...

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10 Steps to Successful Facilitation ASTD Editors ASTD Press , 2008 Teams

In 10 Steps to Successful Facilitation, the American Society for Training and Development provides detailed instructions on becoming an effective and skillful facilitator. It discusses the...

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Nice Teams Finish Last Miller, Brian Cole AMACOM , 2010 Teams

In Nice Teams Finish Last, Brian Cole Miller offers readers methods for improving communication among team members by exposing the myths of nice and fierce teams. He goes on to define the four bold...

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Extraordinary Groups Bellman, Geoffrey M. | Ryan, Kathleen D. Jossey-Bass , 2008 Leadership, Management, Productivity, Teams

People take part in group activities in countless aspects of their lives, but truly exceptional group experiences are rare. Groups that can harnesses the energy to satisfy their goals and surpass expectations have a...

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10 Steps to Successful Teams McClay, Renie ASTD Press , 2009 Leadership, Teams

10 Steps to Successful Teams by Renie McClay is a guide for team leaders and team members who are charged with accomplishing tasks through collaborative workforce groups. Organizations that use teams effectively...

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