Team Building: An Exercise in Leadership

1. Which Objectives Do You Want to Achieve? 2. Groups versus Teams 3. Group Managers versus Team Leaders 4. Team Concepts Can Be Applied in any Organisation 5. What Can Team Building Do for Me? 6. Attitudes of an Effective Team Builder 7. Can This Supervisor Be Saved? 8. Become an Effective Planner 9. Strengthen Your Organising Skills 10. Build a Motivating Climate 11. Establish a Control System that Will Ensure Goal Achievement 12. Which Supervisor Would You Prefer? 13 .Select Qualified People 14. Make Training Useful 15. Employee Focus and Commitment 16. Make Commitment Possible 17. Involving the Team in Setting Goals and Standards 18. Teaching Employees Problem-solving Techniques 19. Conditions which Support Effective Problem-solving by Teams 20. The Complaining Employees 21. Collaboration as a Source of Power in Team Building 22. Facilitate Open Communication 23. Review Your Communication Skills 24. Understand Conflict 25. Resolving Conflict 26. Building Trust in Teams 27. Use Praise Wisely 28. Accentuate the Positive 29. Reading Review 30. Ten Unforgivable Mistakes 31. Develop a Personal Action Plan 32. Answers to Cases Further Reading from Kogan Page