Team building : an exercise in leadership /
Robert B. Maddux.
- London : Kogan Page, 1988
- 78 p. ; 22 cm.
- Kogan Page better management skills .
Previous ed.: 1986.
Which objectives do you want to achieve? -- Groups versus teams -- Group managers versus team leaders -- Team concepts can be applied in any organisation -- What can team building do for me? -- Attitudes of an effective team builder -- Can this supervisor be saved? -- Become an effective planner -- Strengthen your organising skills -- Build a motivating climate -- Establish a control system that will ensure goal achievement -- Which supervisor would you prefer? -- Select qualified people -- Make training useful -- Employee focus and commitment -- Make commitment possible -- Involve the team in setting goals and standards -- Teach employees problem-solving techniques -- Conditions which support effective problem-solving by teams -- The complaining employees -- Collaboration as a source of power in team building -- Facilitate open communication -- Review your communication skills -- Understand conflict -- Resolving conflict -- Building trust in teams -- Use praise wisely -- Accentuate the positive -- Reading review -- Ten unforgivable mistakes -- Develop a personal action plan -- Answer to cases.