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Achieving Results 4: Build team effectiveness

Participate effectively in groups to achieve objectives

Bring the collective talents in a group together to create a larger capability and synergy

Facilitate team performance processes

On-the-Job

Participate in cross-unit project teams and task forces that have a clear deliverable with accountability for results but where members may have different opinions as to the course of action to be taken Provide candid, open feedback when team results are not achieved Select a mentor with good team and influencing skills

Education and Training

  • Leading High Performance Teams (Cornell University - Ithaca, 607-255-8994, 3 days, $895)
  • Cornell University - New York City, (212-340-2863)
       ---Facilitation Skills, 2 days, $645
       ---Leading High Performance Teams, 3 days, $895
       ---Changing to a Team-Based Organization, 3 days, $895
  • Managing Teams for Innovation and Success (Stanford University, 650-723-3341, 1 week)
  • Leadership and Team Effectiveness (UCLA, 310-825-2001, 1 week)
  • Strategies for Team Play in Organizations (University of Houston, 713-749-4176)
  • Delegation and Team Effort: People and Performance (University of Michigan, 313-763-1000, 1 week, $3500)
  • International Conference on Work Teams: Competitive Advantage through High-Performance Work Systems (Center for the Study of Work Teams, University of North Texas, 940-565-3096, 3 days
  • Multiculturalism Team Building (University of Virginia, 804-294-3000, 1 week, $4600)
  • Leadership and High Performance Teams (Center for Creative Leadership, 910-545-2810, 1 week, $3900)
  • Advanced Strategies for Leading the Expanding the Team Culture (Association for Quality and Participation, 513-381-1959, 3 days,$995)
  • Teams in Motion (Video, Griggs Productions, 415-668-4200)
  • American Management Association (518-891-1500)
       ---Developing High Performance Teams, 3 days, $1195, Also Self-Study Course, $99
       ---Fundamentals of Team Building, 3 days, $1245
       ---Taking Your Team to the Top, 2 days, $1295
       ---Transitioning from Manager to Team Leader, 3 days, $1295
       ---Championship Teams, CD ROM, $265
       ---How to be a Better Team Leader, 1 day, $99
       ---Managerial and Team-Building Skills for Project Managers, 3 days, $1295
       ---The Effective Facilitator, 3 days, $1275
       ---Motivating Others: Bringing Out the Best in People, 3 days, $1475
       ---Effective Team Building, Self-Study, $149
       ---Keeping Teams Together, Video, $81
  • NTL Institute (703-548-1500)
       ---Team Building Skills: Developing and Maintaining Excellence in Teams, 7 days, $1800
       ---Creating and Sustaining High Performance Teams, 1 week, $2000
  • Linkage, Inc., (781-862-3157)
       ---Building High Performance Teams, 2 days, $1095
       ---Leading Effective Teams, 2 days, $1095
  • Self-Directed Work Force (Juran Institute, 203-834-1700)
  • Innovative Teamwork (Synectics, Inc., 617-868-6530)
  • The Team Approach: How to Organize Productive Teams (Toastmasters International, 415-381-9363, Video with Study Guide, $90)
  • Transforming Small Group Performance: Facilitation Skills (Nicholson McBride, Ltd., London: 0171-724-0202, 2 days)
  • Building Multicultural Teams in Corporations (Institute for Intercultural Communication, 503-297-4622, 1 week)
  • Essential Facilitation (Interaction Associates, 800-347-8352, 4 days, $1895)
  • The Team Approach: How to Organize Productive Teams (Kantola Productions, 415-381-9363, Video, $90)
  • How to Create a World-Class, Quality-Obsessed, Customer-Driven Team (Positive Employee Practices Institute, 612-333-0471)

Reading

  • The Conference Board (212-339-0345)
       ---Company Experiences with Global Teams, HR Executive Review, Report No. HRER-10, 1996
       ---Global Management Teams, HR Executive Review, Report No. HRER-09, 1996
  • Making Teams Work (Harvard Business Review Reprint Series #49535, 617-783-7500)
  • _____, Team Leadership (International Learning Works, 800-344-0451)
  • Peter Block, The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work (Jossey-Bass, 1987)
  • David I. Cleland, Strategic Management of Teams (John Wiley & Sons, 1996)
  • Donna Deeprose, The Team Coach (AMACOM, 1995)
  • Deborah Duarte and Nancy Tennant Snyder, Mastering Virtual Teams: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques That Succeed (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
  • Andrew J. DuBrin, The Breakthrough Team Player (AMACOM, 1995)
  • Robert Fisher and Bo Thomas, Real Dream Teams (St. Lucie Press, 1996)
  • Richard A. Guzzo, Eduardo Salas and Associates, Team Effectiveness and Decision Making in Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 1995)
  • Robert Hargrove, Mastering the Art of Creative Collaboration: Working Together for Innovative Solutions (McGraw-Hill, 1998)
  • Deborah Harrington-Machin, Keeping the Team Going (AMACOM, 1996)
  • Jerry Harvey, Abiene Paradox (CRM Films, 800-421-0833)
  • William Hendricks, Coaching, Mentoring and Managing (Career Press, 1996)
  • Gregory E. Huszczo, Tools for Team Excellence: Getting Your Team into High Gear and Keeping It There (Davies-Black, 1996)
  • Deborah Jude-York et al., Virtual Teaming: Breaking the Boundaries of Time and Place (Crisp Publications, 1999)
  • Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams (Harvard Business School Press, 1993)
  • Jon R. Katzenbach, Teams at the Top: Unleashing the Potential of Both Teams and Indivdiual Leaders (Harvard Business School Press, 1997)
  • Thomas Kayser, Building Team Power (CRM Films, 800-421-0833)
  • Graham Kelly, Team Leadership: Five Interactive Management Adventures (Gower, 1998)
  • James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to Get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 1987)
  • Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap, When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups (Harvard Business School Press, 1999)
  • Jean Lipman-Blumen and Harold Leavitt, Hot Groups: Seeding Them, Feeding Them, Using Them to Ignite Your Organization (Ocford University Press, 1999)
  • Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, Virtual Teams: Reaching across Space, Time and Organization with Technology (John Wiley & Sons, 1997)
  • Lewis E. Losoncy, The Motivating Team Leader (St. Lucie Press, 1995)
  • Lewis E. Losoncy, Best Team Skills: 50 Key Skills for Unlimited Team Achievement (St. Lucie Press, 1996)
  • Robert B. Maddux, Team Building: An Exercise in Leadership (Crisp Publications, 800-442-7477)
  • Mick Marchington, Managing the Team (Blackwell, 1992)
  • Charles Martin and Donald Hackett, Facilitator Skills for Team Leaders (Crisp Publications, 1993)
  • Peter Mears, Organizational Teams: Building Continuous Quality Improvement (St. Lucie Press, 1994)
  • Linda Moran, Ed Musselwhite and John H. Zenger, Keeping Teams on Trace (Irwin, 1996)
  • Glenn M. Parker, Cross-Functional Teams: Working with Allies, Enemies and Other Strangers (Jossey-Bass, 1994)
  • Glenn Parker et al., Rewarding Teams: Lessons from the Trenches (Jossey-Bass, 2000)
  • Fran Rees, Teamwork from Start to Finish (Jossey-Bass, 1997)
  • Tudor Richards and Susan Moger, Handbook for Creative Team Leaders (Gower, 1999)
  • William Roth, James Ryder and Frank Voehl, Problem Solving for Results (St. Lucie Press, 1996)
  • Michael Schandler and Michael Egan, VROOM! Turbo Charged Team Building (AMACOM Paperback, 1996)
  • Bob Wall, Working Relationships: The Simple Truth about Getting Along with Friends and Foes at Work (Davies-Black Publishing, 1999)
  • Richard S. Wellins, William C. Byham and George R. Dixon, Inside Teams: How 20 World Class Organizations Are Winning through Teamwork (Brace-Park Press, 1996)
  • Floyd Wickman and Terri Sjodin, Mentoring (McGraw-Hill, 1997)

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