A Complete Team-Building Kit that includes a model for determining a team's strengths and weaknesses
"I cut my training teeth on The Pfeiffer Annuals, and I've been a faithful advocate of these peerless guides ever since the first one. I'm just beside myself with glee to have a collection of the 'classic team-building tools' all in one place! Elaine Biech has done a masterful job of bringing together the all-time favorites and organizing them into a practical model. You've just got to have this book on your shelf, within easy reach. Buy it now! I know you're going to use it often."
--James M. Kouzes, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Heart, chairman emeritus, Tom Peters Company
Customer Reviews:
The best of the best.......2005-12-15
A unique book... A collection of the best teambuilding-tools from the Pfeiffer-annuals. If you only should buy one book in your life about team activities... Choose this one!
Great ideas for HR consultants and general professionals.......2001-08-12
I found the book to be chockful of helpful information--particularly the checklists, personal evaluations, and learning games and tools. I also liked the step-by-step instructions on everything. Very well organized. Easy to find things--just want you're looking for to solve a key issue or use in a special training class.
More Teambuilding Tools!.......2001-07-18
A terrific book of tools for trainers, consultants and facilitators. Edited by Elaine Biech, the contributors provide comprehensive and integrated teamwork activities to help you develop high-performing teams. A must buy!
Fresh, Practical and In-Depth.......2001-07-14
In my work as a training consultant, I get called on to do a lot of work in the area of team building. There are a lot of books on the market that offer games and exercises, but fall short on theory and in depth debriefing. Elaine's book does a tremendous job of doing al of the above. Not only is there a wealth of the practical, but Elaine has gone over and above the expectations of delivering in depth training for the trainer so that one's tool kit if filled with reserve information when conducting teambuilding. YEAH!! Elaine has a way of taking the best of herself and others to make it work for the least to the most experienced trainer in the field. I will use this new tool a lot in my upcoming seminars. I look forward to new books from Elaine...they are ALL on my bookshelf and I use them all regularily for research as well sa recommend them to others!
Fresh ideas for teams.......2001-07-11
This new offering from Pfeiffer/Elaine Biech allows trainers to learn from their peers - working professionals in the field of human resource development. The Ten Block Model clearly presents both a roadmap for new teams and a diagnostic tool for established teams that want to move to the next level. Each of the chapters offers training activities that focus on one of the ten blocks. The final chapter presents a series of team building tools that are practical, easy to use, and thought provoking. This book is the team building equivalent of a recroding star's top hits CD - it presents only the best, culled from a large selection of really good ideas from past Annual editions. A wise addition to your library - a book you'll turn to again and again!
Customer Reviews:
Good review and helpful assessments.......2001-09-04
Read this for an MA course entitled "Team Leadership for Organizational Optimization." Nothing new but it's an easy read and Quick offers good insights and many helpful assessments. This book could be used as a helpful maintenance check for leaders and team members.
Easy to Use and Read.......2000-09-07
I do employee development and motivation seminars. I needed a book to help managers understand how and why a team is more effective than other management practices. This book gets to the point and easy to read. I use the assessments in the book and found they are very helpful to my clients. I plan on buying a copy for each of my participants.
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Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the worlds most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: Ron V. Rose, Chief Information Officer, priceline.com Delivering E-Commerce Quality and Velocity; Bertram S. Reese, Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Jerry Kevorkian, Chief Technology Officer, Sentara Healthcare - Creating a Financial Impact: A Health Care Perspective; James Sanford Phillips, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jackson Health System -The Pillars of Success; Ken Erdner, Vice President, Information Technology, Old Dominion Freight Line - Weeding Through the Fads to Find Success; Grant A. Richardson, Senior Director of Information and Technology Systems, ABX Air Inc. Adding Value to Your Organization; Tony Sabatino, Chief Technology Officer, Alamosa PCS - Everyone is Your Customer; Sean Moriarty, Chief Operations Officer, Ticketmaster Building Relationships and Overcoming Challenges; John Beale, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, City National Bank - Check Your Ego at the Door; Jerrold M. Grochow, Vice President, Information Services and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Bond Between Business and Technology; Dan A. Canzano, Vice President, Information Technology, Paychex Inc.- Using IT to Provide Premier Service; Steven C. Rubinow, Chief Technology Officer, Archipelago Holdings Inc. - A Roadmap to Success as a Technologist; Bill Grimm, Chief Information Officer, Pacific Capital Bancorp Strategies for Mid-Sized Financial Institutions; David Egbert, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Viasystems Group Inc. The Technology is the Easy Part; B. Scott McGlaun, Chief Information Officer, Synovus Financial Corp. Building and Managing a Strong Team; Lac Van Tran, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Associate Dean, Rush University Medical Center Goals of an IT Executive;
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Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: Ron V. Rose, Chief Information Officer, priceline.com - "Delivering E-Commerce Quality and Velocity"; Bertram S. Reese, Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Jerry Kevorkian, Chief Technology Officer, Sentara Healthcare - "Creating a Financial Impact: A Health Care Perspective"; James Sanford Phillips, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jackson Health System -"The Pillars of Success"; Ken Erdner, Vice President, Information Technology, Old Dominion Freight Line - Weeding "Through the Fads to Find Success"; Grant A. Richardson, Senior Director of Information and Technology Systems, ABX Air Inc. - "Adding Value to Your Organization"; Tony Sabatino, Chief Technology Officer, Alamosa PCS - "Everyone is Your Customer"; Sean Moriarty, Chief Operations Officer, Ticketmaster - "Building Relationships and Overcoming Challenges"; John Beale, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, City National Bank - "Check Your Ego at the Door"; Jerrold M. Grochow, Vice President, Information Services and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - "The Bond Between Business and Technology"; Dan A. Canzano, Vice President, Information Technology, Paychex Inc.- "Using IT to Provide Premier Service"; Steven C. Rubinow, Chief Technology Officer, Archipelago Holdings Inc. - "A Roadmap to Success as a Technologist"; Bill Grimm, Chief Information Officer, Pacific Capital Bancorp - "Strategies for Mid-Sized Financial Institutions"; David Egbert, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Viasystems Group Inc. - "The Technology is the Easy Part"; B. Scott McGlaun, Chief Information Officer, Synovus Financial Corp. - "Building and Managing a Strong Team"; Lac Van Tran, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Associate Dean, Rush University Medical Center - "Goals of an IT Executive";
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The purpose of this book is to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of project management by presenting proven and practical guidelines that can be immediately applied for successful management. This book is organized as a series of essays on the “what and how” of successful Project Management, each one dealing with a specific and practical aspect of Project Management. The essays serve as windows into the world of Project Management and present an integrated panoramic view of challenges and best practices. It is my sincere hope that professionals at all levels and in various functions of management including executives, engineers, project managers, systems analysts, client representatives, team members and students of Project Management will find this book useful. Avoid the rat holes and catch the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow with the ideas described in this book.
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Finally---a book that explains what Project Managers do!.......2006-09-24
This book is absolutely a must-read for any Project Manager! More importantly, this book can easily apply to so many other fields. It is simply written, easy to follow, and the analogies are great! The whole concept of Project Management can be projected onto any other sector for people other than IT engineers (Like Me!!!). I love that anyone (ex orchestra conductor/physician/attorney/chef/pilot etc) can pick up this book and apply it to their profession. I think this novella is a great read for the small business owner for ideas and inspiration! I finally understand what Project Management entails!
As an aside, I also like the catchy front cover...
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In the On-the-Fly Guide to Building Successful Teams, Bill Butterworth brings his trusted brand of motivation to an issue that affects us all, no matter what kind of team we belong to, be it a company, a division, or a group . . . even a family.
As this charming little book makes clear, it is possible to learn how to be a better team member: by facing your insecurities, eliminating unhealthy competition, improving your communication skills, and overcoming your fear of change. Designed to be read in one short plane ride—or over a hot cup of coffee or two—this book reveals the traits that all successful teams share and offers common-sense advice on how you can bring those same skills to your team. Filled with stories about teams of all shapes and sizes, the On-the-Fly Guide to Building Successful Teams will change the way you think about teamwork—and yourself.
There’s no telling what you’ll learn when you read on the fly.
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Great content, great style, great read........2007-02-11
I enjoyed the 88 pages of quality reading as much as I did the way in which Butterworth was able to intertwine a collection of pertinent stories. Each section of the book was backed up by a personal story told by the author that helped to demonstrate its purpose. Additionally, Butterworth continued to reflect on and develop the stories as he revealed the books academic points.
The tone of the book reflected Butterworth's recommendations for teamwork as he invited you to be part of the story when interjecting questions to the reader prompting a moment of reflection. This book is a very enjoyable read with some terrific points for building successful teams.
5+ highly recommended.
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Great book, I am impressed.......1999-08-17
The book introduces some of the basic training concepts that are being used by the West Ham United youth team. As a coach myself (coaching for 10 years, and having played in England), I Like what I see, and have decided to incorporate many of the drills included in the book as basic technique training for my 11 year olds. The techniques could equally be used by any age group, but I believe the book would be most beneficial with 10yr to 16 year olds.
One or two of the techniques may be a little too basic for some of the older kids, but with a little improvisation they can be improved upon, and the number of good drills far outways the basic ones. A few of the techniques could have been described with a bit more detail, but again one is able to improvise.
More than anything, I like the idea that the techniques are being deployed today by the top professional clubs, as this reinforces the techniques described in the book, and justifies my use of the book for my training sessions.
I read the book at my local library, and liked it so much that I decided to purchase it.
The book is not concerned with set plays, rules, etc. it focuses on improving player skills, and introduces basic team skills like the third man running drill. There are however no sections for goalkeeping drills.
If you interested in improving your players skill levels then I would recommend this book.
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