Improving Work Groups

Guidelines and 25 activites designed to build and maintain effective teams!

Aimed at any manager, consultant, or employee responsible for developing effective teams, Improving Work Groups offers a step-by-step system for initiating and evaluating team performance.

You'll discover:
* What a team really is
* Why teams should be built
* How teams are developed
* Who develops them, and
* How to measure and improve team effectiveness

You'll also get 25 activities that cover a wide range of issues concerning team building, such as: setting objectives, analyzing the leadership function, leadership style, team development stages, charting team success, and many more!

Based on the premise that few teams develop to their full effectivess without a good deal of nuturing, Improving Work Groups brings an element of open, systematic planning and review to the task of team development. Novice or seasoned veteran, you'll find it a valuable tool for developing teams that work together long into the future! Introduction.

Part One: The Team-Building Process.

Part Two: The Team-Review Survey.

Part Three: Team Development.

Part Four: Addressing Blockages.

Activities.

Dave Francis is the author of Improving Work Groups: A Practical Manual for Team Building, Revised Edition, published by Wiley.

Don Young is the author of Improving Work Groups: A Practical Manual for Team Building, Revised Edition, published by Wiley.