The anatomy of high performing teams : a leader's handbook / / Marilyn Laiken

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780418203321
• Autore: Laiken Marilyn
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1994; ©1994
• ISBN: 1-281-99567-3; 9786611995676; 1-4426-8049-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (94 p.)
• Collana: Guidance Series ; ; 6
• Disciplina: 658.402
• Soggetti: Teams in the workplace; Livres numeriques.; e-books.; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Behind the Scenes: 1 PRE-MEETING PREPARATION""; ""First Contacts""; ""Who Should Attend?""; ""Needs Assessment""; ""Verbal Needs Assessment (by telephone or in person)""; ""The Written Questionnaire""; ""On-The-Spot Data Collection""; ""Summary""; ""Planning for the First Meeting""; ""Beginnings: 2 FORMING PHASE""; ""Background: General Principles of Group Development""; ""Forming Phase""; ""Establishing a Comfortable Psychological/Emotional Working Environment""; ""Clarifying Expectations: Setting Group Goals and Developing Commitment to the Task and the Team""""Defining Your Role as Group Facilitator""; ""Print Resources and Films""; ""Spinning Your Wheels: 3 STORMING PHASE""; ""Storming Phase""; ""What do members need?""; ""What can the facilitator do?""; ""Helping Group Members to Communicate Effectively""; ""Conducting Process Analysis and Feedback Sessions""; ""Summary""; ""Print Resources""; ""Films""; ""The Group ; Takes Off: 4 NORMING & PERFORMING PHASES""; ""Norming Phase -- A bridge to performing effectively""; ""Performing Phase""; ""Systematic Problem Solving""""Print Resources""; ""Films""; ""Adjourning -- Helping a group which no longer needs to meet""
• Sommario/riassunto: This manual provides a framework for building the skills and practices vital to the leadership of high performing teams. It is written in a manner which makes it useful to anyone wishing to learn more about the 'art and science' of working with groups.