Team players and team work : new strategies for developing successful collaboration

XXI, 229 S.

graph. Darst.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:c 2008

Preface -- The author -- Team players and teamwork: the new reality -- It's the twenty-first century: team players and teamwork are here to stay -- What makes a team effective or ineffective -- Teamwork: lessons from the past -- A new model of team effectiveness -- The ineffective team -- Trouble ahead: the warning signs -- Building your team -- Effective team players -- The concept of personal style -- Team player styles -- Contributor -- Collaborator -- Communicator -- Challenger -- Team player actions -- Ineffective team players -- The cost of ineffective team players -- The ineffective contributor -- The ineffective collaborator -- The ineffective communicator -- The ineffective challenger -- Dealing with the ineffective team player when it is you -- Dealing with the ineffective team player when it is someone else -- Team players as team leaders -- The contributor as leader -- The contributor leader: the downside -- The communicator as leader -- The communicator leader: the down

ources: tools for developing teams and team players -- A. Team-development survey -- B. Team-development survey: summary and action planning guide -- Team player survey -- Team player styles -- E. Parker team player survey: normative data report -- References -- Index