Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Fix Your Team is a practical guide that will teach you how to identify dysfunction in your team, understand what is really going on, work out what to do about it, and get everyone back to work. Fix Your Team will help you to:
- Develop confidence in your analysis of team problems
- Know what tools are available to shift a destructive, inefficient or unethical dynamic
- Learn how to choose what tool will work best (including best use of your resources)
- Develop the business case for resourcing an intervention, and get support from the top (including budget) to take action
- Build the buy-in and respect of your team members
Fix Your Team will guide you to remove the dysfunction that your team is suffering, and:
- Reduce legal and OHS risk;
- Improve productivity;
- Tackle problems early, before they become public or impact on other areas of the business;
- Give employees an opportunity to improve their working relationships;
- Avoid unnecessary employee turnover and resignations of good staff;
- Enable managers and leaders to demonstration their commitment to productivity, genuine care for employees and a healthy working environment;
- Improve the team's respect for the managers and leaders of the organisation; and
- Demonstrate that the company values are real, not just marketing spin.
Synopsis
Transform team dynamics with practical, real-world tools for sustainable change
Fix Your Team is the manager's essential and practical guide to diagnosis and intervention. Packed with expert insight acquired over decades of experience in workplace relations and conflict resolution, this book systematically addresses problems with team dynamics and provides a blueprint for moving forward. Authors Rose Bryant-Smith and Grevis Beard bring a unique combination of legal nous, conflict management expertise, emotional intelligence and business experience to provide a wealth of valuable insights, with robust tools designed for easy implementation.
This book offers diagnostic guidance to help you analyse existing issues with confidence, and a clear framework for removing the dysfunction. It includes practical scenarios we can all relate to, and actionable guidance on building buy-in, executing the strategy and looking after yourself through tough transformations. By tackling problems early and providing employees with the opportunity to improve their working relationships, managers, human resources and other internal advisors demonstrate their commitment to productivity, genuine care for employees and dedication to a healthy and ethical working environment. People working in dysfunctional teams will understand better what is going on, and understand what options exist for improvement.
- Diagnose team problems and learn what tools are available to help
- Determine the best use of resources and choose an implementable fix
- Develop a business case for intervention, and get support from the top
- Build morale, productivity and collaboration within the team
- Upskill employees to ensure sustainable improvements
- Build accountability in everyone for a positive workplace culture
In today's competitive environment, managers need to bring out the best in everyone. Team dysfunction affects productivity at all levels, and it's contagious -- managers must stop the problem before it spreads, to prevent larger and more pervasive issues down the road. Remediating team issues reduces legal and safety risks, but it goes deeper than that. Solving problems before they become public or impact other areas of the business improves the team's respect for managers and leadership, reducing unnecessary turnover and resignations of good staff. Fix Your Team is a groundbreaking handbook for management looking to improve team dynamics, with practical solutions for productivity-killing, unethical and distracting issues. It gives all managers and internal advisors the confidence, strategies and solutions they need to repair tricky, toxic and troubled teams to create a great workplace.