Making Teams Work : 24 Lessons for Working Together Successfully (The McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series)

✍ Scribed by Michael Maginn, Michael Maginn

• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 67
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

These quick reads, based on McGraw-Hill bestsellers, are designed to meet the needs of busy people. Titles in the series focus on each book's main themes and action ideas, reduced to a manageable page count for on-the-go readers. Proven rules for encouraging teamwork, from forging a common goal and clarifying individual responsibilities to inviting positive conflict.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 9
Making teams work......Page 10
Forge a clear, common goal......Page 13
Clarify member skills and responsibilities......Page 15
Take time for rules......Page 17
Avoid predictable problems......Page 19
Use the team consitution......Page 21
Tell the new folks......Page 23
Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate......Page 25
Bring ideas to life......Page 27
Leap to creativity......Page 29
Make solid decisions......Page 31
Don't compromise......Page 33
Discover consensus......Page 35
Seek a shared view......Page 37
Practice consensus decision making......Page 39
Use disagreement......Page 41
Squash conflict viruses......Page 43
Actively manage differences......Page 45
Trust each other......Page 47
Run good meetings......Page 49
Reward each other......Page 51
Regularly size up your team......Page 53
Lead without dominating......Page 55
Ask for help......Page 57
Don't give up......Page 59