Building a High Performance Team: Proven techniques for effective team working

by Sarah Cook

Overview

This book will help you to create a strong team. It is designed to assist you in understanding the characteristics of a high-performance team, to help you assess where your team stacks up and to develop a plan of action for realising team potential.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849281409
Publisher:	IT Governance Publishing
Publication date:	01/27/2009
Series:	Soft Skills
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	124
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Sarah Cook is the Managing Director of the Stairway Consultancy Ltd. She has over 20 years’ consulting experience specialising in team building, leadership and change. Prior to this, Sarah worked for Unilever and as Head of Customer Care for a retail marketing consultancy.

As well as having practical experience of helping to create high-performing teams across the globe, Sarah is a business author and has written widely on the topic of team building, leadership, management development and coaching. She also speaks regularly at conferences and seminars on these topics.

Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Chartered Marketeer. She has an MA from Cambridge University and an MBA. Sarah is an accredited user of a wide range of psychometric and team diagnostic tools. She may be contacted via [e-mail].

Sarah Cook is the Managing Director of the Stairway Consultancy Ltd. She has over 20 years’ consulting experience specialising in team building, leadership and change. Prior to this, Sarah worked for Unilever and as Head of Customer Care for a retail marketing consultancy.

As well as having practical experience of helping to create high-performing teams across the globe, Sarah is a business author and has written widely on the topic of team building, leadership, management development and coaching. She also speaks regularly at conferences and seminars on these topics.

Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Chartered Marketeer. She has an MA from Cambridge University and an MBA. Sarah is an accredited user of a wide range of psychometric and team diagnostic tools. She may be contacted via [e-mail].

Table of Contents

1: Characteristics of a High-Performance Team

2: The Stages of Team Development

3: Roles People Play in a Team

4: Creating a Team Vision and a Set of Values

5: Effective Team Meetings

6: Dealing With Conflict in a Team

7: Cross-Functional Team Working