Names: Thompson, Leigh L., author. Title: Making the team: a guide for managers/Leigh L.
Thompson, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Description: Sixth …

In The Discipline of Teams, Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith explore the often counter-
intuitive features that make up high-performing teams--such as selecting team members for …

• Benefit from Belbin's own experience of putting the Team Roles method into practice•
Succinct and practical information to enable managers to make a real difference in the …

When Team Players and Teamwork was first published in 1990, we had already begun to
see the emergence of teamwork as an important business strategy. The success of Japan as …

Over the past couple of decades, a cult has grown up around teams. Even in a society as
fiercely independent as America, teams are considered almost sacrosanct. The belief that …

Managers recognize that a good team organization can be the most valuable of their firm's
competitive advantages. Lucrative markets draw competitors, efficient technology is copied …

LEE G. BOLIVIAN TERRENCE E. DEAL hat enables a group to push toward peak
performance over an extended period of time? We hear so much about teamwork. But what …

The definitive classic on high-performance teams The Wisdom of Teams is the definitive
work on how to create high-performance teams in any organization. Having sold nearly a …

The word team gets bandied about so loosely that many managers are oblivious to its real
meaning—or its true potential. With a run-of-the-mill working group, performance is a …

Practical exercises and hands-on tools to bring to life the timeless advice found in the
author's best-selling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team In the years following the …