You first : inspire your team to grow up, get along, and get stuff done / Liane Davey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davey, Liane, 1972-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teams in the workplace--Management.

Teams in the workplace.

Employee motivation.

Organizational behavior.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 232 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Inspire your team to grow up, get along, and get stuff done

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Five common problems your team is susceptible to-and the one thing you can do to fix all of them There are so many ways a team can go wrong. Does your team make decisions so slowly that nothing ever gets done, or does it go too fast and miss critical issues that come back to bite you later? Does your team bicker endlessly or smile and nod while avoiding the tough issues? Too often, team dysfunction leads to abysmal productivity and zero innovation for your organization, as well as misery and wasted time for you. Most team members sit and wait, feeling trapped in a team that just isn't

Contents:

You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done; Contents; Chapter 1: Change Yourself, Change Your Team; The Great Promise of Teams; The Sad Reality of Teams; Teams Are Here to Stay; What I've Learned about Fixing Teams; There's One Catch; The Road Ahead; Change Your Team; Chapter 2: Toxic Teams; How Sick Is Your Team?; Coping; Chapter 3: The Crisis Junkie Team; The Value of Crisis; Origins of a Crisis Junkie Problem; Lack of Role Clarity; No Clear Priorities; Insufficient Resources; Politics and Infighting; Impact of Being a Crisis Junkie Team; Diagnostic

Triage and Emergency MedicineChapter 4: The Bobble Head Team; The Desire for Harmony; Origins of a Bobble Head Problem; Familiarity; Homogeneity; Overbearing Team Leader; High Stress; Impact of Being a Bobble Head Team; Diagnostic; Triage and Emergency Medicine; Chapter 5: The Spectator Team; Overload; Origins of a Spectator Team; No Team Mandate; Technical Expertise Overvalued; Different Capability; Impact of Being a Spectator Team; Diagnostic; Triage and Emergency Medicine; Chapter 6: The Bleeding Back Team; Civility; Origins of a Bleeding Back Team

Inability or Unwillingness to Give FeedbackLow Trust and Safety; Back Channels; Impact of Being a Bleeding Back Team; Diagnostic; Triage and Emergency Medicine; Chapter 7: The Royal Rumble Team; Engagement; Origins of a Royal Rumble Team; Emotional Intelligence; Bad Meeting Management; Individual Rewards and Recognition; Impact of Being a Royal Rumble Team; Diagnostic; Triage and Emergency Medicine; Chapter 8: The You in Team; Team Building; It's about You; Your Responsibilities; Chapter 9: Start with a Positive Assumption; It's Over before It's Begun; The Brain and Its Dirty Filters

Your Conscious Brain to the RescueReverse the Downward Spiral; Start with a Positive Assumption; Stifle the Impulse; Consider the Context; Get More Information; Listen for Clues; Competence, Reliability, and Integrity of Your Teammates; Health Check: Are You Starting with a Positive Assumption?; Chapter 10: Add Your Full Value; Pale Imitations; Exhaustion; Focus; Cynicism; Expert Obsession; Add Your Full Value; Technical Value; Leveraging Experience; All of You; The Naïve Question; A Word about Vulnerability; Adding the Wrong Value; Health Check: Are You Adding Your Full Value?

Chapter 11: Amplify Other VoicesThe Need for Speed; Drowning Out Minority Voices-The Power and the Peril of the Majority; The Importance of Diversity; Amplify Other Voices; Give Them the Floor; Defend against Silencing; Use the Agenda; What If the Voice Isn't There?; What Is Diverse?; Health Check: Are You Amplifying Other Voices?; Chapter 12: Know When to Say ``No ́ ́; Spread Too Thin; Fitting In; Pulling Your Weight; Life Is a Smorgasbord; The Role of Bad Leadership; Know When to Say ``No ́ ́; Setting Your Criteria; When to Say ``No ́ ́; Not Quite ``No ́ ́; Add Unique Value; How to Say ``No ́ ́

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 4, 2013).

ISBN:

9781118714751

111871475X

9781118714928

111871492X

OCLC:

835621968