This new collection of instruments provides team building practitioners with tools designed to assist in the development of individuals, teams, and organizations. The instruments range from simple, self-scored tools to more complex assessments that provide in-depth information on teams. All of the instruments are fully reproducible and cost-effective.
Annotation In this easy-to-use manual, team building expert and author Glenn Parker shows you how to successfully conduct team building when team building is called for. As with the other books in this series, this is accomplished through the use of assessments, activities and exercises.
A compendium of 50 experiential activities for developing mission focused teams. Each activity includes time required, skill development goals, and detailed training instructions. There are even debriefing questions to facilitate the transfer of learning back to the workplace.
In this completely revised version of his best-selling book, Cross-Functional Teams: Working with Allies, Enemies, and Strangers, author and consultant Glenn Parker updates his definitive practical guide to include his recent work in team rewards and recognition, communications technology, and multicultural and virtual-team issues. This new edition contains fresh examples and additional case studies of successful cross-functional teams from IBM, Parke-Davis, Xerox, Boeing, BOC Gases, government agencies, and more. Parker offers concrete advice and inspiration to team leaders, team members, and senior management. Cross-Functional Teams delivers a team operating manual to executives, team leaders, human resource professionals, and students of organizational behavior and provides a tool kit of assessment surveys, worksheets, checklists, and even sample training programs to help launch and sustain effective teams.
Praise for Team Players and Teamwork "In the new edition of Team Players and Teamwork Glenn Parker updates his landmark compendium on the essential effect of cross-functional teamwork to encompass the added complexities of globalization facing team leaders and team members in the twenty-first century. Anyone participating on or managing members of a cross-functional team will benefit from reading this essential guide to successful teamwork." -Jeffrey W. Warmke, vice president, global project management and leadership, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development "Glenn Parker has the unique combination of sound thinking and clear writing. In his recent version of Team Players and Teamwork he succeeds in taking this combination of skills to a higher level." -Sivasilam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan, president, Workshops by Thiagi, Inc. "Glenn's book is a must-read for team leaders and team members who are looking for a comprehensive set of tools and ideas to help teams perform more effectively. Glenn offers practical wisdom-based on years of first-hand experience-that is unparalleled in the field of team dynamics." -Robert Hoffman, executive director, organization development and talent management, oncology business unit, Norvartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Drawing from doctoral level research on how best to teach business education to college students, Discourses on Business Education at the College Level illustrates new and proven ideas for engaging students. Sixteen authors from New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development describe their experiences in upgrading and expanding the quality of the business education experience. Business school instructors can use this edited collection to draw inspiration and learn specific techniques to bring their courses to the cutting edge of curriculum. Topics range from teaching accounting, financial literacy, marketing, and teamwork to gamification, improving international student and intern experience, not-for credit education, and virtual workplace learning.
In Volume 3 of The Parker Team Series we learn that "Effective leadership is effective leadership. Some universal truths cut across all types of teams... Effective leaders have a clear vision and are able to communicate that vision... They develop a sense of urgency about the team's work, involve team members in goal-setting and decision-making, and foster a climate of openness and honesty. People want to work with them..." Everything you need to know to make you a better team leader is contained in this small book, from self-assessing your strengths and weaknesses to setting performance goals to tactfully influencing those on your team. There is no better value in team training materials than a Parker Team Series title!
This collection of reproducible assessment instruments will: stimulate participant's thinking and awareness about themselves and others; provide objective feedback about behavior and performance; serve as a basis for discussion and learning as well as for personal and organizational development
Managing the Knowledge Culture expertly explores how to overcome one of the biggest challenges 21st century leaders and their followers face functioning effectively in a knowledge culture. The thoroughly up-to-date book will deepen your understanding of the knowledge culture and its management and clearly detail the changing roles. For human resource professionals or managers who wants to be on the leading-edge of knowledge management, this realistic resource is a must.
