Remaking Teams, Includes a Microsoft Word Diskette: The Revolutionary Research-Based Guide That Puts Theory Into Practice [With Microsoft Word Diskett

By Theresa Kline

Revolutionize your teams Teams are a pervasive part of today's organizational landscape. Yet most teams consistantly underperform and many fail. Why? All your answers are here. This book, based on case studies, over 50 years of research, and the personal experience of the author, offers a much-needed holistic approach to making both new and existing teams more successful. As a practioner, you'll use this proven approach for fostering effective teams. As a researcher, you'll welcome this coherent, one-of-a-kind model of team performance. "A no fat, no cholesterol recipe for making teams effective. If you want to avoid potential barriers and improve chances for teams success; start by devouring this book." --Robert McLean, senior organizational effectiveness consultant, City of Calgary "Remaking Teams provides a clear, accessible, and very helpful guide to anyone who wants to ensure that groups of people work effectively together to achieve shared objectives." --Michael West, professor, Aston Business School, United Kingdom "Remaking Teams delivers on its promise. ?Theresa Kline has done an amazing job of turning theory into concrete action plans that any leader can quickly implement." --Fred Jacques, principal, Jacques & Associates Organizational Consulting You'll learn: The criteria and guidelines for team interventions The role of team leaders The characteristices of a team How to measure team performance and asess the value of the teams effect on your organization How to tie it all together . . .and much more Most scholary books on teams are impractical. Many others lack empirical backing. Filled with charts, job aids, and reading recommAndations, Remaking Teams takes all essential team research and presents it you in a comprehensive and usable framework. No one with an interest in fostering team success can do without this book

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787946486
• ISBN13: 9780787946487
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent, practical, research-grounded: a winner!

Theresa Kline has melded academia with the demands of 'real-world' practice in producing a volume that is at once grounded in the best of theory and at the same time packaged in a practical, useful format that any practicing manager or consultant can immediately use. The inclusion of a diskette with usuable versions of the instruments and exercises in the book makes this an all-in-one powerhouse that will help to re-shape and re-vitalize teams. One of a kind...