Managing Teams

Managing Teams

Authors: Lawrence Holpp

Published: December 1998

eISBN: 9780071816137 0071816135 | ISBN: 9780070718654

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

1. Questions to Ask Before Starting Teams

What Are Teams?

The Five Ps in Team

Why Do You Want Teams?

Where Do You Plan to Implement Teams?

What Do You Expect from Teams?

What Roles Are Crucial to the Team Process?

How Will You Evaluate Individuals Versus Teams?

How Will You Compensate Teams?

What Resources Will You Budget for Training and Development?

What’s the Organizational Impact of Teams and How Can You Manage It?

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 1

2. Creating the Culture for Teamwork

Why Teams Make Sense for Business Today

Moving from Traditional to Self-Directed Teams

How Do You Know You’re Ready for Empowerment and Teams?

Determining Your Readiness for Teams

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 2

3. Teams and Business Strategy

How Can You Determine if Teams Are Right for Your Business?

Some Business Reasons for Teams

Is the Work Appropriate for Teams?

Are Your People Ready for Teams?

A Question More Important than Answers

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 3

4. Why Organizations Have Problems with Teams

Five Major Potholes

Filling the Potholes

The Team Development Checklist

A Team Development Strategy

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 4

5. Vision, Values, Mission, and Strategy

Begin with a Vision ... and Values

Missions Mean Muscles

Strategy: Planning for Success

Lead the Way ... from Within

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 5

6. Team Dynamics

How Teams Are Supposed to Develop

How Teams Really Develop

How to Identify, Diagnose, and Treat Common Team Problems

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 6

7. New Roles for Leaders of High-Performance Work Groups

The Six Roles of a Successful Manager

The Seven Bases of Power

Leadership Self-Analysis

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 7

8. Conducting Team Meetings

The Problem with Meetings . . .

Meetings and Roles

Guidelines for Effective Team Meetings

Handling Common Team Meeting Problems

What You Should Do as Manager

Problem-Solving Techniques for Meetings

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 8

9. Coaching Teams and Team Members

The Basics of Coaching

Job Performance

Developing Team Players

Developing Leaders

Coaching from a Distance

Players as Coaches

Recognition

Coaching by Example

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 9

10. Coping with Conflicts and Changes

Resolving Conflicts

Direct Dealing

Reducing Conflicts

Coping with Changes

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 10

11. Applied Empowerment

Problems with Empowerment

A Simpler Approach

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 11

12. Evaluating Your Team

What Are Your Team Performance Problems?

How Effective Is Your Team?

How Good Are the Members of the Team?

How Else Can You Evaluate Your Team?

Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 12

Index