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"Making Teams Work" contains 24 lessons for working together successfully. In today's fast-moving work environment, teams are the way that work gets done. "Making Teams Work" outlines 24 rules and guidelines for molding individual team members into a solid, functioning group, one whose value is far greater than the sum of its parts.Look to this concise, value-packed book to learn how to build innovative, successful, and exceptional teams by showing team members how to: forge a clear, common goal; clarify member responsibilities; avoid predictable problems; collaborate; bring ideas to life; make solid decisions; discover consensus; manage differences; trust each other; run good meetings; and, lead without dominating. Work teams succeed only when they can eliminate rivalries and focus their different perspectives and skills on solving the problem or challenge at hand. Let "Making Teams Work" show you how to build such teams, working with individual members as well as the collective team to produce creative, consistent, and decisive results - every time.
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Making Teams Work
24 Lessons for Working Together Successfully
In today's fast-moving work environment, teams are the way that work gets done. Making Teams Work outlines 24 rules and guidelines for molding individual team members into a solid, functioning group, one whose value is far greater than the sum of its parts. Look to this concise, value-packed book to learn how to build innovative, successful, and exceptional teams by showing team members how to:
- Forge a clear, common goal
- Clarify member responsibilities
- Avoid predictable problems
- Collaborate
- Bring ideas to life
- Make solid decisions
- Discover consensus
- Manage differences
- Trust each other
- Run good meetings
- Lead without dominating
Work teams succeed only when they can eliminate rivalries and focus their different perspectives and skills on solving the problem or challenge at hand. Let Making Teams Work show you how to build such teams, working with individual members as well as the collective team to produce creative, consistent, and decisive results--every time.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Recently I've read lots of books that have been jam packed with pertinent information, ideas and knowledge. This book bucks that trend and was a real let down.
There are two key problems with the book:
First, it's way too long - the whole book could have been condensed in to about 1/4 the pages and I got the feeling that someone was told they had to fill about 50 pages before writing it. The book seems to reiterate several points from different (yet strangely similar) perspectives.
Second, it often has a 'play school' feel to it. Things like writing a 'constitution' for your team - by the time you have to resort to stuff like that you've got far bigger problems on your hands and should probably be considering a change in career!
Overall I can't help think that the authors were just paid to write a series of books on management and this book just happened to be one of the books in that series. The book had maybe one or two items that I found even remotely useful and informative - I certainly would not recommend this book, sorry!
There are two key problems with the book:
First, it's way too long - the whole book could have been condensed in to about 1/4 the pages and I got the feeling that someone was told they had to fill about 50 pages before writing it. The book seems to reiterate several points from different (yet strangely similar) perspectives.
Second, it often has a 'play school' feel to it. Things like writing a 'constitution' for your team - by the time you have to resort to stuff like that you've got far bigger problems on your hands and should probably be considering a change in career!
Overall I can't help think that the authors were just paid to write a series of books on management and this book just happened to be one of the books in that series. The book had maybe one or two items that I found even remotely useful and informative - I certainly would not recommend this book, sorry!
Format:Paperback
Useful, concise book. Easy to read, pick up and put down. None of us can put too many things in place at once so its good to have a resource to hand in order that people can have ideas to put into action and see results quickly.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Practical advice for REAL Managers
4 Jan 2005
Format:Paperback
Maginn's ideas and tools really work. I have been able to use his material in my consulting practice, and groups of real managers--from supervisors to division managers--have found the material helpful. I recommend this book highly, and have given it to several line-manager clients facing real teamwork-related problems. All report that the book is both insightful and really useful on the job from day to day. This book delivers a boatload of value for a low price.
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