When Teams Work Best by Frank M J Lafasto

When Teams Work Best by Frank M J Lafasto

Helps us understand what makes teams succeed, why teams fail, and what can be done to improve the ability of a team to work together productively. This book offers advice for improving team leadership, becoming a more effective team member, developing positive team relationships, and creating a more supportive organizational environment.

"Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson have done it again! After building a useful framework for team performance in TeamWork they have gone on to collect and analyze exhaustive data that enriches and extends their original workWhen Teams Work Best is a gem of a book…. you can’t help but find it useful in today’s organizational world."

 

-- LEONARD A. SCHLESINGER

"LaFasto and Larson offer a tour de force on what makes teams successful. Building on sound theory and relying on extensive research, they offer specific, practical tools that will deliver team value. Team members, business leaders, and organization consultants should not only read, but use this work." 

-- DAVE ULRICH

"When Teams Work Best provides solid practical advice and tools for improving the effectiveness of all teams…. CEO’s take note, this one’s blunt, useful, and refreshing."

 

-- RANDY HARWARD

"This book makes collaboration a vivid and workable concept."

 

-- ALLAN R. COHEN

"Too often, books on teamwork emphasize either applications over theory or theory over application; LaFasto and Larson have effectively combined a fine balance of the two that effectively details both the ‘why’ and the ‘how to’…. An excellent resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate coursework in team development." 

-- ANTHONY M. TOWNSEND

"Duke Hospital has benefited from the ideas LaFasto and Larson present in this book and is a better organization because of it." 

-- MICHAEL D. ISRAEL

"highly readable. . .convincing. . .a must for academic collections and required reading for professionals seeking to maximize human performance and team productivity." 

-- J.B. Kashner

When Teams Work Best: 6000 Team Members and Leaders Tell What it Takes to Succeed by Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson is a practical, ‘user friendly’ guide to the harnessing power of cooperation and teamwork for increased productivity and effectiveness. Individual chapters address what makes a good team member, what makes a good leader, problem solving methodologies, and how to best promote confidence and trust. When Teams Work Best is very highly recommended for anyone charged with the corporate responsibility for cultivating business group work skills! 

* Midwest Book Review *

The authors have produced an eminently practical guide to success in collaborative teamwork. 

* Academic Library Review *

Frank LaFasto, Ph.D., recently retired as Senior Vice President of Organization Effectiveness after 30 years with Cardinal Health, Inc., a multinational health care company. An internationally recognized author and lecturer on management issues, Frank has more than 35 years’ experience helping organizations build and sustain successful teams.  Frank has written two best-sellers on the subject: Teamwork and How Teams Work Best, co-authored by Carl Larson.  He currently consults with private and public sector organizations to help them build effective teams, lead critical change initiatives, and develop executive talent. Frank resides in Lake Forest, Illinois. Carl Larson, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of Human Communication and past dean of Social Sciences at the University of Denver. His most recent work includes When Teams Work Best (Sage 2001), Successful Communication and Negotiation, and Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference. Larson consults in both the public and private sector. He received the Driscoll Master Educator Award given by the students at the University of Denver to the university’s outstanding professor.

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ISBN 13	9780761923664
ISBN 10	0761923667
Title	When Teams Work Best
Author	Frank M J Lafasto
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2001-10-23
Number of pages	256
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