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The Team Handbook Third Edition | 
| Authors: Peter R Scholtes, Brian L. Joiner, Barbara J Streibel
Publisher: Joiner/Oriel Inc
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 6,339
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 9 x 1.7
ISBN: 1884731260
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9781884731266
ASIN: 1884731260
Publication Date: March 24, 2003
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Product Description
This updated best-selling, comprehensive resource book provides everything you need to create high performing teams. In addition, book purchasers will be able to download electronic versions of forms and templates found in the book for use within their organization! The third edition provides information on the context teams need to be successful. Organizations using teams to improve efficiency and better serve customers will find information on how to start quality initiatives such as Six Sigma or Lean. New information on different types of teams, and new tools and strategies for leading change are covered as well. Several new tools have been added to help teams work well together: affinity diagrams, prioritization matrixes, effort/impact grids, new planning tools, and additional information on effective presentations. The Team Handbook Third Edition contains a brief description of the Six Sigma improvement method DMAIC, and highlights the methods and strategies that are useful in Lean. Also included is a new strategy for using designed experiments to identify and control sources of process variation. The book includes tools and techniques that go beyond the basics such as creativity tools, force-field analysis, and information to help leaders manage project pipelines.
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 A must read for project managers!! October 30, 1998
KThomas213@aol.com (Cleveland, Ohio)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
One of my colleagues has this book and since it spends more time on my desk than his, I thought I should order my own. A tremendous resource for project managers. It is primarly, though not entirely, devoted to the 'soft side' of project management. Especially useful in working with cross functional teams. You will refer to it constantly!
Practical and Resourceful June 1, 2006
Vanessa (California)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Outline for each chapter is well laid out, easy to understand, very practical and informative. Provides effective techniques and tools to solve team project problems. A good resource for team project leaders.
Makes effective project management simple!! November 11, 1998
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
An excellent resource for project managers using cross functional teams. Provides an excellent resource for planning and implementing effective meetings, and ensuring excellent team dynamics. The book is well laid out, user friendly, and provides templates for practical application of techniques.
Guide for Managed Improvement May 31, 2008
Reg O'connell (Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
From its first edition the Team Handbook has been an effective useable resource to provide teams with the needed tools and processes so they can improve their workplace at all levels of any organisation. The third edition has a number of improvements on an already excellent resource.
Rare useful resource for teams and building team cultures January 6, 2009
Mark A. Sturgell (Decatur, Illinois USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a certified business coach, the majority of my business involves "team building" in some fashion, and about half deals directly with improving team or organizational effectiveness. I am constantly on the lookout for new resources and have developed quite a library of slightly useful references. While there are many books and other resources on "team building" and related issues on the market, including some wildly popular best-sellers, few are truly practical and fewer still offer replicable actions that work. "The Team Handbook Third Edition" is a rare exception.
Not only do the authors capture extensive best practices, including straightfoward "how to's" in terms that work for the average manager or team member, they have catalogued what I believe to be the best (most comprehensive, useful and easy-to-use) team tool on the market. I still prefer to help my clients organically build their own strategies for improvement, and recommend organizations and their leaders use outside facilitators for reasons I won't go into here. However, I use "The Team Handbook" as my own reference and reminder of best practices, processes and tools. And, so far, I have given it as a gift for a client's Customer Loyalty process improvement team to use. I plan to present it to more clients in the future.
If you are looking for a great reference on teams that will help you make a positive difference, donate your copy of "The Five Disfunctions of a Team" to the local library and get a copy of "The Team Handbook" today. [Of course, for the most value, hire a professional coach to go along with the book!]
Mark Sturgell, CBC
www.pdncoach.com
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