| Team Players and Teamwork: New Strategies forDeveloping Successful Collaboration, Second Edition Completely Upda Edition Contributor(s): Parker, Glenn M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0787998117 ISBN-13: 9780787998110 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: Scores of studies document the success of teams in today's workplace. Countless books describe the inspirational leaders who created them. But the most valuable unit of every team--the team player--remains a mystery. Only Glenn M. Parker addresses the most fundamental question: What makes a good team player? Team Players and Teamwork is a practical, essential guide for leaders and team members who want to maintain their competitive advantage. In the first study of its kind, Glenn Parker, one of the top team trainers in the United States, addresses the important question, "What makes a good team player and identifies the four critical members necessary for an effective, dynamic team: contributors, collaborators, communicators, and challengers. Parker draws on stories of more than fifty team-driven organizations including Xerox, Honeywell, Pratt and Witney, and General Motors, to show how the right balance of styles creates a productive group whose members support, challenge, and inspire one another to achieve stellar results. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Management - General - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship - Business & Economics | Leadership |
| Dewey: 658.402 |
| LCCN: 2007042956 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.34" W x 9.26" (0.94 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Praise for Team Players and Teamwork In the new edition of Team Players and Teamwork Glenn Parker updates his landmark compendium on the essential effect of cross-functional teamwork to encompass the added complexities of globalization facing team leaders and team members in the twenty-first century. Anyone participating on or managing members of a cross-functional team will benefit from reading this essential guide to successful teamwork. -Jeffrey W. Warmke, vice president, global project management and leadership, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development Glenn Parker has the unique combination of sound thinking and clear writing. In his recent version of Team Players and Teamwork he succeeds in taking this combination of skills to a higher level. -Sivasilam Thiagi Thiagarajan, president, Workshops by Thiagi, Inc. Glenn's book is a must-read for team leaders and team members who are looking for a comprehensive set of tools and ideas to help teams perform more effectively. Glenn offers practical wisdom-based on years of first-hand experience-that is unparalleled in the field of team dynamics. -Robert Hoffman, executive director, organization development and talent management, oncology business unit, Norvartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation |