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By Michael Colenso, Facilitator for Wilson Learning and formerly Managing Director to The Open College
Description High Performing Teams is the essential handbook for managers seeking to enhance productivity and revitalize the workplace. It shows how
to put teams together and accelerate their development so that they become high performing more quickly and thus repay the investment
in setting them up.
The book touches on the extensive theoretical background of teaming and focuses on pragmatic advice and experience.
It is: *rich in case studies and applications *full of quick and easy checklists *and contains executive summaries.
Michael Colenso
is a freelance consultant and an Associate of Wilson Learning and of the Europe Japan Centre.
The ...in brief books provide a critical
'snapshot' of the major management fashions and fads influencing business strategy. They cut through the consultants' jargon and steer
a practical, common sense course through the theory and hype. They provide managers with a balanced view based on evidence rather than
missionary zeal, so that they can be better informed.
Contents What is in this book - a user's guide; What high performing teams are all about; How the high performing team concept developed; How teams
are used in organizations - types of teams; How teams are used in organizations - extending the concept; Some applications and experience;
What makes high performing teams; Setting up teams to achieve high performance; Developing teams to high performance; Teams and contemporary
management trends; Teams and the future; Semi SWOT analysis; Other important things to think about; Where to find out more; Bibliography;
Index.
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