Product Description

McGraw-Hill's Leading Self-Directed Work Teams is widely used in team leader training programs, but until now, there have been no available resources to help the trainers who conduct team leader training. Team Leader Training is designed to be the ultimate resource to meet this need. Team Leader Training is the successor to author Carl Harshman's successful McGraw-Hill book Team Training: From Startup to High Performance and follows the same format: 24 lesson plans full of activities and reproducible handouts. The loose-leaf binder gives trainers everything they need to develop a team leader training program, focused on four key areas: interpersonal skills, team development skills, managing team performance, and managing team boundaries.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2540063 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 420 pages

From the Back Cover
Train the next generation of superb team leaders! With the help of this handbook, you can: create a team leadership development program based on the specific needs and culture of your organization; teach team management methods; establish a unique new process for certifying team leaders in your organization; create an individual self-study leadership program. Drawing on the input of a wide range of experienced trainers, managers, and team leaders, Team Leader Training offers a relevant, proven program for creating dynamic leaders who can successfully address the real-world problems of today's organizations. The book is comprised of 24 different modules or developmental plans in four key leadership areas: Interpersonal Skills, Team Development, Performance Management, and Organization/Team Boundary Management. Each developmental plan has an instructor's guide, outlines for presentations, and worksheets. You will find all the tools you need to help team leaders: successfully launch teams; effectively use their power and authority with teams; sharpen their facilitation skills; direct the team's efforts to desired business outcomes; identify and address individual and team performance challenges; create a learning environment within the team; and much more! You'll also learn how to create action learning projects that both reinforce learning and benefit the organization. Full of reproducible materials, this handbook is meant to be used in the real world of team leader training. No forward-looking orgnanization will want to be without it.

About the Author
Dr. Carl Harshman combines years of practical experience in the world of work with a strong academic background in organizational development. He has worked with such distinguished clients as Ford Motor Company, General Dynamics, John Deere, Boeing, Eaton Corporation, and National Steel, as well as public sector clients such as the State of Washington and the City of Vancouver. His books include Teaming Up: Achieving Organizational Transformation and Team Training: From Start-Up to High Performance. Dr. Harshman and his colleagues at Harshman & Associates combined their efforts to provide this comprehensive work on team leader development. Joanne M. Schindler, Ph.D. manages the Northwest Regional Office for Harshman & Associates and has worked on large scale organizational change efforts with joint labor/management clients for over a decade. Her client list includes Ford Motor Company, John Deere, Laclede Steel, LTV Steel, General Dynamics, King County Department of Public Works, Washington State Employment Security Department, the United Auto Workers, United Steel Workers, Service Employees International Union, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.