Faster Together : Accelerating Your Team's Productivity / Laura Stack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stack, Laura, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teams in the workplace.

Labor productivity--Psychological aspects.

Labor productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Faster Together Accelerating Your Team's Productivity There are more roadblocks to productivity today than ever before. Everyone who works must deal with countless emails, constant communication, cascading deadlines, and seemingly endless meetings. These can be managed efficiently, or they can be a huge time suck. When you're surrounded by slow-moving coworkers, you're stuck in a traffic jam of sorts. What makes the difference isn't individuals working harder or faster or smarter but “teaming well.” You have at your disposal what Stack calls “the most powerful productivity machine in existence”: your team. Individual productivity is just the beginning of business profitability; the real winner is team productivity. A good team can accomplish more, and more quickly, than any one Lone Ranger. Yes, there are always stars—in sports, Peyton Manning, Mia Hamm, and Stephen Curry come to mind—but they couldn't do their jobs without the rest of the team doing theirs. Bestselling author Laura Stack's FAST model mobilizes teams to be the most effective they can be, while keeping each other's best interests at heart. Using her original model, teams learn to work together Fairly, accept Accountability, apply Systems Thinking, and maximize available Technology. An interactive assessment helps you evaluate your team's current speed and rate of acceleration. By the end of this book, you'll truly understand the abilities of your team. Team members will ask themselves, “How can I help my team go faster together?” You work to save everyone else time, and they work to save you time. For your business to win, everyone must contribute. As Stack puts it, “Team up; don't slow down!” So, rev your team's engines, and you'll soon be roaring down the track together!

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction

The F-A-S-T Team Model

The FAST Team Test

KEY 1: FAIRNESS

ACCELERATOR #1. Building Relationships

ACCELERATOR #2. Handling Conflict

ACCELERATOR #3. Improving Cohesiveness

KEY 2: ACCOUNTABILITY

ACCELERATOR #4. Trusting Your Team Members

ACCELERATOR #5. Accepting Responsibility

ACCELERATOR #6. Maximizing Performance

KEY 3: SYSTEMS

ACCELERATOR #7. Making Effective Decisions

ACCELERATOR #8. Managing Time

ACCELERATOR #9. Increasing Efficiency

KEY 4: TECHNOLOGY

ACCELERATOR #10. Communicating Properly

ACCELERATOR #11. Meeting Effectively

ACCELERATOR #12. Following Protocols

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

Educational Resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

OCLC:

1019684995