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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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #196095 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-08
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
"This new edition…incorporates 16 more years of research and major changes in technology and team styles…" (Publicnet.co.uk, Tuesday 4th March 2008)

From the Inside Flap

Team Players and teamwork

Since the first edition of Team Players and Teamwork was published in 1990, there have been significant and often dramatic changes in the business environment in which teams now operate. Teams are now cross-functional, cross-

cultural, and even virtual. As a result, team trust is more vital than ever, and communications technology is critical. With team players often serving on multiple teams, leadership has become more important and more challenging.

In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking book, Glenn Parker analyzes these trends and shows how his concept of effective teamwork is even more relevant today. The fundamental question remains: What makes a good team player? Parker clearly demonstrates all the ways team players can adapt to today's challenges.

Team Players and Teamwork provides specific, practical tools that will help both leaders

and members identify their team player style—Contributor, Collaborator, Communicator,

or Challenger. Parker explains how each style contributes to five key leadership functions—planning, communication, risk taking, problem solving, and decision making.

With guidelines for personal development and team-building strategies, Team Players

and Teamwork shows how effective teamwork ultimately leads to increased productivity,

reduced costs, improved quality, innovation, better customer service, and more rapid

commercialization of products.

From the Back Cover

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

Customer Reviews

In need of new edition
I read this book as part of a Master's degree program at Chapman University in organizational leadership. It illustrates that teamwork is essential in the late 1980s -- the book has copyrights of 1990 and 1996, still in first edition. At one point the author actually writes, "As we move forward in the 1990s..." While I know the examples should still largely hold true, it lacks credibility for me. After all, we've distinctly moved to a global marketplace with global and virtual teams far beyond the understandings of the 1980s; this book cannot possibly speak to these points in any meaningful way. The most current example I spotted is 1988. Traditional undergraduate freshmen were born that year, so this book must truly appear ancient to undergraduate students.