Synopses & Reviews
A New Resource for a New Kind of Leadership Whether you focus on the departmental level or on the top executive suite, the ability to transform groups of managers into effective management teams is critical to ongoing success. How can those team members ensure they're performing to their full potential? "Read [this handbook] once for enlightenment, then use it again and again to build teams that are truly high-performance." -- Don Howard, vice president of human resources, National Data Corporation You'll get what you need to:
* Identify the barriers to management teamwork
* Assess management team performance
* Face special circumstances, such as new team member selection . . . and much more!
You'll use the flexible Team Model, the scores of action steps, and the wide variety of assessment tools to help your teams achieve maximum performance.
Synopsis
A no-nonsense guide management teams can use to maximize their own effectiveness.
As more and more organizations make the shift to management team leadership, the issues related to team creation and effectiveness become more crucial than ever. In this book, management teams will discover five success factors by which they can improve their ability to make and implement effective organizational decisions. The practical hands-on approach it outlines is backed by extensive research involving some 72 management teams, and by the professional acumen of the author herself, a management team specialist with nearly 20 years of consulting experience. Features a flexible Team Model, specific action steps, and a variety of self-assessment tools.
Synopsis
You'll use the flexible Team Model, the scores of action steps, and the wide variety of assessment tools to help your teams achieve maximum performance.
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgements The Author
Introduction: The Challenge of Developing a Management Team
Part One: Creating a Leadership Team
1. Five Key Strategies for Marketing Team Success
2. Strategic Goals: How to Establish Direction for Your Organization
3. Extensive Networks: How to Connect with Sources of Information
4. Collaborative Relationships: How to Deveolop Cooperation Among Departments
5. Effective Information Processing: How to Make Good Group Decisions
6. Focused Action: How to Move from Discussion to Results
Part Two: Management Team Maintenance
7. Keeping the Team Productive
8. Selecting New Team Members
9. Managing Team Transitions
10. Fixing a Sick Team
Conclusion: Twelve Guiding Principles for High Performance
References Index