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Informationen zum Autor Frank LaFasto, Ph.D., recently retired as Senior Vice President of Organization Effectiveness after 30 years with Cardinal Health, Inc., a multinational health care company. An internationally recognized author and lecturer on management issues, Frank has more than 35 years’ experience helping organizations build and sustain successful teams. Frank has written two best-sellers on the subject: Teamwork and How Teams Work Best , co-authored by Carl Larson. He currently consults with private and public sector organizations to help them build effective teams, lead critical change initiatives, and develop executive talent. Frank resides in Lake Forest, Illinois. Carl Larson, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of Human Communication and past dean of Social Sciences at the University of Denver. His most recent work includes When Teams Work Best (Sage 2001), Successful Communication and Negotiation , and Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference . Larson consults in both the public and private sector. He received the Driscoll Master Educator Award given by the students at the University of Denver to the university’s outstanding professor. Klappentext What makes some teams achieve extraordinary outcomes, while other fall disappointingly short of the mark?Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson have systematically explored that question for more than 20 years. In 1989, they published the best-selling book TeamWork; What Must Go Right/What Can Go Wrong, which reported the results of an in-depth study of some of the most successful teams in recent history and identified the eight characteristics of high performance teams.When Teams Work Best advances this groundbreaking research by probing more deeply inside the workings of hundred of teams-some effective and some faltering. For over a decade, the authors collected and analyzed responses from more than 6,000 team members and leaders across a variety of industries, in both public and private sectors, to find out exactly what conditions help or hinder teams in achieving their goals. The voices of these team members-often eloquent, always enlightening-are heard through the quotations that appear throughout the book. Zusammenfassung Helps us understand what makes teams succeed! why teams fail! and what can be done to improve the ability of a team to work together productively. This book offers advice for improving team leadership! becoming a more effective team member! developing positive team relationships! and creating a more supportive organizational environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue A Brief Perspective on Teamwork and Collaboration What Makes a Good Team Member? The Abilities and Behaviors That Matter Team Relationships Simple and Easy versus Complicated and Hard Team Problem-Solving Raising and Resolving the Real Issues The Team Leader What Works/What Gets in the Way The Organization Environment Promoting Clarity, Confidence, and Commitment A Final Word Notes Appendix Reliability of the Collaborative Team Leader Instrument ...
