The Pfeiffer book of successful team-building tools : best of the annuals /

The Pfeiffer book of successful team-building tools : best of the annuals /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:San Francisco, CA : Pfeiffer, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 495 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Pfeiffer essential resources for training and HR professionals
Pfeiffer essential resources for training and HR professionals.
Subject:
Employee empowerment.
Organizational effectiveness.
Teams in the workplace -- Training of.
Teams in the workplace.
Employee empowerment
Organizational effectiveness
Teams in the workplace
Teams in the workplace -- Training of
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13596819
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Varying Form of Title:Successful team-building tools
Other authors / contributors:Biech, Elaine.
ISBN:0470184981
9780470184981
1280974400
9781280974403
9786610974405
6610974403
0787997366
9780787997366
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Year after year, consultants, trainers, and human resource professionals have come to rely on The Pfeiffer Annuals to provide them with the most current and quality tools on a wide variety of topics. In this book, editor Elaine Biech and contributors to the Annuals have honed in on the important theme of team building to create the first topic-specific book in The Pfeiffer Annuals series. The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools, 2nd Edition, includes an innovative ten-block model for building a high-performance team and draws on.
Other form:0787997366
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. What Is Teamwork?
  • 2. A Model for Building Teamwork
  • 3. Clear Goals
  • TeamScores: Measuring and Communicating Performance
  • High Jump: Illustrating the Impact of Expectations
  • Team Identity
  • 4. Defined Roles
  • The Hats We Wear: Understanding Team Roles
  • No Strings Attached: Learning How Groups Organize to Complete Tasks
  • Scope of Control: Taking Initiative in Problem Solving
  • Yours, Mine, and Ours: Clarifying Team Responsibilities
  • Symbols: Sharing Role Perceptions
  • The Search for Balance: Team Effectiveness
  • 5. Open and Clear Communication
  • Hit the Target Fast: Designing a Communication System for Teams
  • Rope Trick: Experiencing How Groups function
  • Levels of Dialogue: Analyzing Communications in Conflict
  • Strengths and Needs: Using Feedback for Group Development
  • Analyzing and Increasing Open Behavior: The Johari Window
  • 6. Effective Decision Making
  • News Room: A Group-Consensus Task
  • Broken Triangles: Experimenting with Group Problem Solving
  • Lutts and Mipps: Team Problem Solving
  • Performance Unlimited: Solving Problems as a Team
  • Lost at Sea: A Consensus-Seeking Task
  • Making Team Decisions
  • 7. Balanced Participation
  • Egg Drop: Using Human Resources Effectively
  • Comfort Zones: Establishing Team Norms
  • The Car: Feedback on Group Membership Styles
  • 8. Valued Diversity
  • Unearned Privilege: Understanding Dominant-Culture Advantage
  • The Forest vs. the Trees: Understanding Preferences for the Big Picture or the Details
  • Fourteen Dimensions of Diversity: Understanding and Appreciating Differences in the Work Place
  • Diversity and Team Development
  • 9. Managed Conflict
  • The M&M" Game: Learning to Resolve Conflict
  • They Said, We Said: Exploring Intergroup-Conflict Resolution
  • Conflict Management: Developing a Procedure
  • Storming to Norming: Clearing the Way for Team Agreement
  • Intergroup Image Exchange: Exploring the Relationship Between Two Teams (Editors)
  • 10. Positive Atmosphere
  • Building Trust in Pairs: An Obstacle Course
  • Trust ARCH: Building Team Support
  • Work Dialogue: Building Team Relationships
  • A Note to My Teammate: Positive Feedback
  • Cornerstones: A Measure of Trust in Work Relationships
  • 11. Cooperative Relationships
  • Enablers and Barriers: Assessing Your Team
  • This and That: Improving Team Performance
  • Team Checkup: Monitoring and Planning for Progress
  • Prisoners' Dilemma: An Intergroup Competition (Editors)
  • Twenty-Five Questions: A Team Development Exercise
  • 12. Participative Leadership
  • Rope-a-Leader: Experiencing the Emergence of Leadership
  • The Merry-Go-Round Project: Focusing on Leadership Style
  • Team Interventions: Moving the Team Forward
  • The Relationship Between Leader Behavior and Team Performance and Satisfaction
  • Values-Based Leadership for the 21st Century
  • 13. General Team-Building Tools
  • Take Note of Yourself: A Team-Development Activity
  • I Have an Opinion: Opening an Event
  • Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: A Conflict-Management Icebreaker
  • That's Me: Getting to Know Your Team Members
  • Group Savings Bank: An Introductory Experience
  • The Team Effectiveness Critique
  • The Team Orientation and Behavior Inventory (TOBI)
  • What If We Took Teamwork Seriously?
  • Team Building
  • What to Look for in Groups: An Observation Guide
  • Opportunity to Publish Your Materials
  • Reading List
  • Pfeiffer Publications Guide

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