Synopses & Reviews
Improve group results as a successful leader-facilitatorNow you can reap the benefits of a more facilitative, participative style of leadership! How to Lead Work Teams will help you increase cooperation and job satisfaction, raise productivity and quality levels, and gain a more favorable view of your leadership abilities through facilitation. It describes exactly what facilitation is and what it is not and how to do it effectively.
It shows you how to:
- Involve others, build consensus, and get commitment
- Help others solve problems and make decisions
- Use the knowledge and experience of all employees
- Develop and lead a team
- Use group process to run effective team meetings
This book is especially helpful for someone who is new to managing or leading a team. It will also help experienced team leaders refine the role of leader-facilitator. And it will help team members understand how facilitation works and how they can enhance the process.
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Synopsis
A must for everyone new to team leadership. This best-selling guide describes exactly what facilitation is and is not, and tells you how to do it effectively. Written by work team expert Fran Rees, it recommAnds specific steps leaders can take to build consensus, gain commitment, help others solve problems and make decisions, and leverage the experience of each team member. As useful to the experienced team leaders as it is to the beginner, it presents day-to-day strategies you can use to develop teams that shine.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-158) and index.
About the Author
FRAN REES is the owner of Rees and Associates, a Phoenix-based training and consulting firm. She is an experienced manager and seminar leader and has served extensively as a consultant to companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation and Motorola, Inc. Fran has successfully designed and implemented a number of training programs, workshops, and organizational interventions. She has conducted training on a wide variety of topics, including meeting-facilitation skills, multicultural awareness, consulting skills, and supervision and management. In her work with companies, she has designed and facilitated strategic-planning sessions, has led focus-group and team-building sessions, and has trained trainers.
Table of Contents
Part I: Facilitating: A New Style of Leadership
The Team Movement
The New Leader-Facilitator
Part II: How Facilitation Works
Getting People to Work Together
Making the Transition from Controlling to Facilitating
Facilitating One-on-One Meetings
Part III: Facilitating Team Meetings
The Heart of Teamwork
Leading a Participative Meeting
Planning and Focusing the Meeting
Encouraging Participation
Recording and Posting People's Ideas
Managing the Group Process
Getting to Consensus and Closure