Building Effective Teams
Duke Corporate Education
Publisher: Kaplan
Estimated price: $16.95
Team management skills are a hot commodity today—you better hone up on yours!
Managers today face a new environment, where teams must produce results quickly, members are remote, and the boundaries of accountability are blurred. They also find themselves leading new types of teams—cross-functional, ad-hoc, peer, global—where issues of identity, authority, strategic alignment, culture, and coordination further complicate their work.
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More detailed description: As a manager, your career advancement might very well depend on how well you can build and manage a collaborative force. Leading from the Center: Building Effective Teams is a concise, expert primer – complete with real-life case studies and checklists – that will help you update your skills quickly.
Based on the research and teachings of the Duke Corporate Education faculty, this guide incorporates the latest best practices to show you how to:
- Assemble a team with members from different departments, locations, or cultures.
- Align your team’s work with your organization’s larger strategy.
- Develop clear goals and priorities for team members.
- Assess how the team is performing against its key challenges and responsibilities.
- Collaborate across boundaries—both functional and organizational.
By following the authors’ proven, step-by-step process, you’ll develop the mind-set, knowledge, and skills required to successfully navigate through the challenges that lie ahead.
