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  The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

  by Patrick Lencioni

  In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive . This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech's CEO, faces the... (more)
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  The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization

  by Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith

  Teams -- the key to top performance Motorola relied heavily on teams to surpass its competition in building the lightest, smallest, and highest-quality cell phones. At 3M, teams are critical to meeting the company's goal of producing half of each year's revenues from the previous five years' innovations. Kodak's Zebra Team proved the worth of black-and-white film manufacturing in a world where color is king. ... (more)
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  Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars (Unabridged)

  by Patrick Lencioni

  In yet another page-turner, New York Times best-selling author and acclaimed management expert Patrick Lencioni addresses the costly and maddening issue of silos, the barriers that create organizational politics. Silos devastate organizations, kill productivity, push good people out the door, and jeopardize the achievement of corporate goals. As with his other books, Lencioni writes Silos, Politics, and... (more)
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  Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business

  by Patrick Lencioni

  Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life.    In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin.  Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the next two hours would determine the fate of his career, his financial future, and the company he had built from scratch.   “How could my life have unraveled so quickly?” he wondered.  In his latest... (more)
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  Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams, 2nd Ed.

  by Tom Demarco, Timothy Lister

  Demarco and Lister demonstrate that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. Their answers aren't easy--just incredibly successful. New second edition features eight all-new chapters. Softcover. Previous edition: c1987. DLC: Management.
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  The Mythical Man-Month

  Essays on Software Engineering

  by Frederick P. Brooks

  No book on software project management has been so influential and so timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. Now 20 years after the publication of his book, Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. (best known as the "father of the IBM System 360") revisits his original ideas and develops new thoughts and advice both for readers familiar with his work and for readers discovering it for the first time.
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  A Fish Out of Water: 9 Strategies to Maximize Your God-Given Potential

  by George Barna

  Available for the first time in paperback, Barna unveils the results of years of research and hundreds of interviews, and emerges with a new definition of what leadership is--and isn't.
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  Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management (Pragmatic Programmers)

  by Esther Derby, Johanna Rothman

  Great management is difficult to see as it occurs. It's possible to see the results of great management, but it's not easy to see how managers achieve those results. Great management happens in one-on-one meetings and with other managers---all in private. It's hard to learn management by example when you can't see it. You can learn to be a better manager---even a great manager---with this guide. You'll... (more)
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  Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

  by Patrick Lencioni

  In the years following the publication of Patrick Lencioni’s best-seller The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, fans have been clamoring for more information on how to implement the ideas outlined in the book. In Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team , Lencioni offers more specific, practical guidance for overcoming the Five Dysfunctions—using tools, exercises, assessments, and real-world examples. He examines... (more)
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  Adversity Quotient @ Work: Make Everyday Challenges the Key to Your Success--Putting the Principles of AQ Into Action

  by Paul Gordon Stoltz

  Make Everyday Challenges The Key To Your Success --Putting the Principles of AQ Into Action In 1997, Paul Stoltz unleashed a revolution with his groundbreaking book Adversity Quotient: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities, introducing the concept of the Adversity Quotient into public consciousness. Now, in Adversity Quotient @ Work, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to his bestseller, Stoltz applies the... (more)
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  Quick Teambuilding Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes

  by Brian Cole Miller

  Every group can benefit from team-building exercises. But sometimes it's not practical to embark on a full-scale training initiative. Now, supervisors, managers, and team leaders have 50 team-building activities to choose from, all of which can be implemented with no special facilities, big expense, or previous training experience. Readers will find engaging exercises for: * Building new teams and helping... (more)
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  A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment (Essential Knowledge Resource (Hardcover))

  by Kavita Gupta

  This thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling resource A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment offers a practical and comprehensive guide for practitioners who are responsible for Introducing a training program Creating adult education programs Assessing the development needs of a workforce Improving individual, group, organization or interorganizational performance in the... (more)
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  Building Teams, Building People : Expanding the Fifth Resource Second Edition

  by Thomas R. Harvey

  Here is an update of the previous edition, more relevant for the new millennium. The classic resources in management and team building are people, money, facilities and time. Increasingly, though, the fifth resource energy is becoming more crucial. Each chapter of this book deals with one of the five building blocks or resources and concludes with suggested activities and events that managers can use to build that... (more)
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  Tools for Virtual TeamsA: Team of Fitness Companion

  by Jane E. Henry

  Geographically dispersed work groups--virtual teams--must work well together without the advantage of meeting face-to-face. This leading-edge book provides strategies for effective team leadership, and includes exercises, case studies, and models to give readers a jump-start on the future of teamwork.
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  Lessons From Team Leaders: A Team Fitness Companion

  by Jane E. Henry

  Provides valuable insight from team leaders in manufacturing, service industries, education, health care, & government. This hands-on workbook will help you utilize what these team leaders did in order to make their teams successful. Paper. DLC: Teams in the workplace
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  Haul Away!

  by ROB DUNCAN

  In 2002, an assortment of strangers from around the world gathered in San Diego for the voyage of a lifetime: a 75-day rounding of the dreaded Cape Horn on a square-rigged tall ship. Some were experienced sailors, some novices, but all dreamed of the "Sailor's Everest"- surviving Cape Horn, and getting to wear the gold earring that is the age-old symbol of the Cape Horner. If they successfully completed the... (more)
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  Coaching, Mentoring, and Managing: Breakthrough Strategies to Solve Performance Problems and Build Winning Teams

  by Micki Holliday

  This book offers hundreds of practical, easy-to-learn techniques every manager can use to coach employees to become more productive, positive, inspired and effective. Filled with real-world advice and management-changing exercises, this manual shows how to get the most from employees in today's era of downsizing, layoffs, buyouts and mergers. Managers learn how to be more than just a boss and develop the skills... (more)
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  Cross Cultural Team Building: Guidelines for More Effective Communication and Negotiation (Mcgraw Hill Training Series)

  Offers insights and techniques for developing cross-cultural understanding and team work. The book examines the psychology of stereotyping and mistrust, and explores methods for breaking down attitude barriers. It also contains team building and training exercises for use by practitioners.