Category Archives: Teams

Teams: Learning Made Simple

Learning Made Simple books give you skills without frills. They are matched to the main qualifications and written by experienced teachers and authors to make often tricky subjects simple to learn. Every book is designed carefully to provide bite-sized lessons … Continue reading

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Coaching the Team at Work

Much has been written about coaching individuals, yet there has been little investigation of coaching teams at work. Even in organizations that have made strides towards becoming coaching cultures, the focus has been on the individual, not the team. This … Continue reading

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Perfect Phrases for Building Strong Teams: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Fostering Collaboration, Encouraging Communication, and Growing a Winning Team (Perfect Phrases Series)

The Right Phrase for Every Situation…Every Time Whether you’re a project manager, department head, or CEO, you have to choose the perfect words to inspire real teamwork. This quick-reference guide addresses all the issues you could possibly encounter working with … Continue reading

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Maintaining Team Performance (J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership))

Between the time a team is launched and the time it delivers results, managers need to know that the team is on course. Whether they have launched a team to achieve a business objective or have inherited a team, they … Continue reading

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Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools (Wordware Applications Library)

Virtual collaborative team environments face unique challenges because co-workers are not able to interact in person. Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools provides practical advice for managers of distributed teams who must design … Continue reading

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Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Innovation Networks

Swarm Creativity introduces a powerful new concept-Collaborative Innovation Networks, or COINs. Its aim is to make the concept of COINs as ubiquitous among business managers as any methodology to enhance quality and competitive advantage. The difference though is that COINs … Continue reading

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Creativity and Innovation in Organizational Teams (Lea’s Organization and Management (Hardcover)) (Series in Organization and Management)

Creativity and Innovation in Organizational Teams stemmed from a conference held at the Kellogg School of Management in June 2003 covering creativity and innovation in groups and organizations. Each chapter of the book is written by an expert and covers … Continue reading

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Leadership Lessons of the Navy SEALS: Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results

In today’s superheated business climate, executives and managers are under increasing pressure to squeeze every last drop of productivity out of their people. Built around inspiring stories from both the military and business worlds, Leadership Lessons of the Navy SEALS … Continue reading

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The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations

When we join an organization, we’re immediately slotted into a hierarchy based on a rank-based system of “leaders” and “followers.” We then make false assumptions about our place in these hierarchies that divide our efforts, limit our growth opportunities, and … Continue reading

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You Don’t Have to Do It Alone: How to Involve Others to Get Things Done

Everyone needs to involve other people in order to accomplish their tasks and achieve their goals. It doesn’t matter if you’re a CEO leading a major restructuring or a PTA volunteer raising money for after-school programs, you can’t do it … Continue reading

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