The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools Best of the Annuals

by Biech, Elaine

• ISBN13: 9780787997366
• ISBN10: 0787997366
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-26
• Publisher: Pfeiffer & Co
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Summary

Year after year, consultants, trainers, and human resource professionals have come to rely on The Pfeiffer Annuals to provide them with the most current and quality tools on a wide variety of topics. In this book, editor Elaine Biech and contributors to the Annuals have honed in on the important theme of team building to create the first topic-specific book in The Pfeiffer Annuals series. The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools, 2 nd Edition, includes an innovative ten-block model for building a high-performance team and draws on the best-on-the-topic articles from thirty-five years of Annuals volumes.

Author Biography

Elaine Biech is president and managing principal of ebb associates inc, an organization development firm that helps organizations work through large-scale change. Biech has been in the training and consulting field for twenty-six years and is the author and editor of dozens of books and articles, including Pfeiffer Annuals of Training and Consulting, Training for Dummies, The Business of Consulting, Marketing and Selling Your Consulting Services, and The Consultant's Quickstart Guide, all published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
What Is Teamwork?	p. 1
A Model for Building Teamwork	p. 13
Clear Goals	p. 27
TeamScores: Measuring and Communicating Performance	p. 29
High Jump: Illustrating the Impact of Expectations	p. 35
Team Identity	p. 43
Defined Roles	p. 49
The Hats We Wear: Understanding Team Roles	p. 51
No Strings Attached: Learning How Groups Organize to Complete Tasks	p. 55
Scope of Control: Taking Initiative in Problem Solving	p. 63
Yours, Mine, and Ours: Clarifying Team Responsibilities	p. 71
Symbols: Sharing Role Perceptions	p. 77
The Search for Balance: Team Effectiveness	p. 87
Open and Clear Communication	p. 95
Hit the Target Fast: Designing a Communication System for Teams	p. 97
Rope Trick: Experiencing How Groups Function	p. 103
Levels of Dialogue: Analyzing Communications in Conflict	p. 111
Strengths and Needs: Using Feedback for Group Development	p. 121
Analyzing and Increasing Open Behavior: The Johari Window	p. 133
Effective Decision Making	p. 143
News Room: A Group-Consensus Task	p. 145
Broken Triangles: Experimenting with Group Problem Solving	p. 149
Lutts and Mipps: Team Problem Solving	p. 155
Performance Unlimited: Solving Problems as a Team	p. 161
Lost at Sea: A Consensus-Seeking Task	p. 165
Making Team Decisions	p. 173
Balanced Participation	p. 181
Egg Drop: Using Human Resources Effectively	p. 183
Comfort Zones: Establishing Team Norms	p. 193
The Car: Feedback on Group Membership Styles	p. 203
Valued Diversity	p. 209
Unearned Privilege: Understanding Dominant-Culture Advantage	p. 211
The Forest vs. the Trees: Understanding Preferences for the Big Picture or the Details	p. 219
Fourteen Dimensions of Diversity: Understanding and Appreciating Differences in the Work Place	p. 225
Diversity and Team Development	p. 235
Managed Conflict	p. 245
The M&M Game: Learning to Resolve Conflict	p. 247
They Said, We Said: Exploring Intergroup-Conflict Resolution	p. 255
Conflict Management: Developing a Procedure	p. 259
Storming to Norming: Clearing the Way for Team Agreement	p. 265
Intergroup Image Exchange: Exploring the Relationship Between Two Teams	p. 271
Positive Atmosphere	p. 275
Building Trust in Pairs: An Obstacle Course	p. 275
Trust ARCH: Building Team Support	p. 289
Work Dialogue: Building Team Relationships	p. 297
A Note to My Teammate: Positive Feedback	p. 313
Cornerstones: A Measure of Trust in Work Relationships	p. 317
Cooperative Relationships	p. 329
Enablers and Barriers: Assessing Your Team	p. 331
This and That: Improving Team Performance	p. 337
Team Checkup: Monitoring and Planning for Progress	p. 341
Prisoners' Dilemma: An Intergroup Competition	p. 347
Twenty-Five Questions: A Team Development Exercise	p. 351
Participative Leadership	p. 357
Rope-a-Leader: Experiencing the Emergence of Leadership	p. 359
The Merry-Go-Round Project: Focusing on Leadership Style	p. 361
Team Interventions: Moving the Team Forward	p. 371
The Relationship Between Leader Behavior and Team Performance and Satisfaction	p. 383
Values-Based Leadership for the 21st Century	p. 399
General Team-Building Tools	p. 405
Take Note of Yourself: A Team-Development Activity	p. 407
I Have an Opinion: Opening an Event	p. 411
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: A Conflict-Management Icebreaker	p. 415
That's Me: Getting to Know Your Team Members	p. 419
Group Savings Bank: An Introductory Experience	p. 425
The Team Effectiveness Critique	p. 429
The Team Orientation and Behavior Inventory (TOBI)	p. 437
What If We Took Teamwork Seriously?	p. 455
Team Building	p. 461
What to Look for in Groups: An Observation Guide	p. 481
Opportunity to Publish Your Materials	p. 487
Reading List	p. 489
Pfeiffer Publications Guide	p. 491
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