Product Description

Effective teams are increasingly recognized as crucial to business success, but few people really understand how to build a team that taps and blends the skills of each member for a winning whole. In clear, simple language, Go Team! shows how to create that powerhouse team. The book begins by defining what constitutes a great team, using examples from real life. It details elements critical to using conflict effectively, making and implementing decisions, sharing leadership among members, and being accountable for results. The authors also explore the three stages of a change process to achieve greatness — sowing seeds for change, dealing with discouragement, and preparing for takeoff — as well as the three keys to empowerment to move the team through these stages: sharing information, creating autonomy through boundaries, and replacing the hierarchy with teams. This proven plan enhances creativity, satisfaction, and a sense of pride, ensuring outstanding results.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1100580 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 143 pages

About the Author
Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard (Escondido, CA). A prominent author, speaker, and business consultant, Ken is characterized by friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate men in business today. Alan is a consulting partner with the Ken Blanchard companies and is author or co-author of six books -- two of which have been international best sellers on Empowerment. Peter Grazier (Chadds Ford, PA) is the founder of Teambuilding, Inc. He has worked with well over one hundred organizations in all industries throughout North America and Europe focusing on teambuilding, and his work has been noted in more than eighty publications including The Wall Street Journal.

Customer Reviews

Lacks details and takes a long time to basically explain why to delegate
The overall message of the book - delegate decision making authority down into your team but provide them with overall direction - is a great message I totally agree with. However, the way in which it was presented left it somewhat unactionable as most of the content focuses on desired results and expected emotional responses rather than on details of how to make an effective transition to this organizational style. The book is strewn with examples from companies that have "made the change" and talks about how they improved profitability, morale, and retention. Those stories unfortunately focus on the results and not on what specific changes were made or how those changes were rolled out into the teams. This book felt more like a sales pitch for his consulting company than a book on how to lead this sort of change yourself.