Extra-Dependent Teams - Realising the Power of Similarity

Inter-Dependent Teams: people working together to achieve a common goal.

Extra-Dependent Teams: people learning together to develop a common practice.

Extra-Dependent Teams: Realising the Power of Similarity reframes the conventional mental model of teams into two complementary mental models of Extra-Dependent and Inter-Dependent Teams. Both types of team operate inside organisations today, but convention doesn't realise their difference. Extra-Dependent Teams are present in organisations because of their similarity - they do similar work in similar ways, but don't actually work together. People who lead them often feel like they are herding cats. Convention cites them as dysfunctional.

But cats don't herd. They are independent whilst all being the same. Realising this difference provides new ways of understanding and addressing the problems that convention can't overcome.

The reader will be introduced to the distinctness of Extra-Dependent Teams, their dynamics, how they perform, how they develop and how to lead them. Inspired by research on communities of practice and social identity, the book delivers an original and pragmatic approach to teams, being packed with examples, case studies, practical guidance and words of warning for managers and others about how to transform their Extra-Dependent Teams from peripheral problems into engines of innovation and growth.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Herding Cats; Chapter 2: Schools of Herding; Chapter 3: Inter-Dependent and Extra-Dependent Teams; Chapter 4: The Bonding Power of Extra-Dependent Teams; Chapter 5: Extra-Dependent Team Dynamics; Chapter 6: Extra-Dependent Team Management; Chapter 7: Extra-Dependent Team Performance; Chapter 8: Extra-Dependent Team Development; Chapter 9: Extra-Dependent Team Leadership; Chapter 10: Reflection on Practice

About the author

David Kesby has over 20 years’ experience of developing leaders and teams. He is Managing Director of Kesby & Co. Ltd, and an organisational coach.

Summary

Extra-Dependent Teams: Realising the Power of Similarity reframes the mental model of teams to have two complementary mental models of teams– Extra-Dependent Teams and Inter-Dependent Teams.

Product details

• Authors: David Kesby
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2018
• EAN: 9781138106536
• ISBN: 978-1-138-10653-6
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Mentoring & Coaching, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, Organizational theory & behaviour, Management: leadership & motivation, business strategy, Management: leadership and motivation, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel and human resources management, Organizational theory and behaviour