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Informationen zum Autor MARC HANLAN is senior partner of High Performance Work Team Consulting, LLC, based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. A specialist in change management and high performance teams for over 25 years, he has designed and led work redesign initiatives in dozens of organizations, including Exelon and General Electric, and currently advises, consults, and presents on the topic throughout the country. Klappentext A popular maxim states that the only constant in business today is change. Whether the result of growth opportunities, new competition, technological advances or other internal and external factors, every business enterprise must manage change. Since the 1980s, companies have experimented with a method for driving change-High Performance Teams (HPTs), work teams that achieve a quantum leap in results in less than a year. Drawing from over 25 years of experience with HPTs, Marc Hanlan traces their history in a wide variety of industries, analyzes the key factors that contribute to success-or failure-and offers a comprehensive guide to building and managing them successfully.Featuring dozens of case examples and a detailed template for translating plans into action, High Performance Teams shows you how to: prepare the organization, select team leaders and members, set goals, accelerate development times, overcome obstacles, and measure results. Including an extensive bibliography and glossary of key terms and concepts, High Performance Teams will become an indispensable resource for business executives and owners, team leaders and members, and facilitators, trainers, consultants, and coaches. For shareholders, customers, and students of organizational behavior, High Performance Teams offers unique insight into the dynamics of breakthrough business performance. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive guide to creating and managing "high-performance" teams--and achieving breakthrough business results. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Preface Introduction High Performance Teams: Background and Cases Background: Innovative Workplaces Case Histories: A Process Review Common Themes of Opportunity and Failure Why HPT? A Strategic Approach to Change Organizational Pressures for Change Change Myths Strategy as a Response to Change Pressures Status Quo Incremental Change Strategy Significant Change Strategy Breakthrough Change Strategy High Performance Teams How HPT? The Dynamics and Processes of HPTs New Learnings from HPT Efforts The New Business Environment The Principles of High Performance The Transition to HPT: Underlying Dynamics Individual Transition Team Development Team Phase: Calibration Team Phase: Compliance Team Phase: Consent Team Phase: Commitment Team Phase: Creativity Team Phase: Culture Change Transition to HPT: Process of Intervention Intervention Level: Facilitator Intervention Level: Coach Intervention Level: Catalyst Intervention: Putting the Pieces Together Which HPT? A Template for High Performance Teams Transition Template Template: Strategy and Purpose Template: Readiness Assessment Template: Leaders' Preparation Template: Data Collection Template: Team Preparation Template: Work Redesign Template: Implementation Beyond HPTs A Natural Progression of HPTs Annotated Bibliography Glossary Index ...
