- Explains using over 40 tools how to develop a purpose-driven team with shared goals, vision and identity who can achieve greater business success than individual employees
- Shows how to manage internal team conflict that can arise from employees having different priorities, motivations, levels of experience and multiple generations
- Provides diagnostic questions and reflective practice exercises in each chapter so that readers can identify how the content can apply in practice to their own teams
- New to this edition: Exploration of diversity, neurodiversity and inclusion when building teams, as well as a new chapter focusing on how to develop team coaches and leaders in a professional setting
Building Top-Performing Teams
A practical guide to team coaching for organizational success
Achieve greater business growth using this practical guide to develop your team into a high performing group rather than a group of disparate individuals.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9781398620711
Edition: 2
Published:
Format: 234x156
320 pages
About the book
The best way for a business to succeed is through its people. While there are gains to be had from streamlining processes, reducing costs or making a strategic change, the biggest potential for success comes from how humans collaborate.
Containing more than 40 tools which can be used in a virtual or in-person coaching environment, Building Top-Performing Teams is a practical guide for leaders, HR professionals, coaches, team coaches and anyone with management responsibility. It covers how to motivate, develop, engage and reward a diverse team of employees with different levels of experience and priorities to achieve outstanding business success.
This updated edition includes new research and insights into team coaching and the dynamics of collaborative environments, as well as understanding diversity, neurodiversity and inclusion in the workplace. Including essential guidance, tools and techniques that show how to promote team ways of working rather than individual-focused processes. Covering how to manage internal team conflict and ensuring that teams are purpose-driven and working towards a shared business goal. Each chapter includes diagnostic questions and reflective practice exercises to allow readers to identify how to apply each element of team development to their workforce.
About the authors
Lucy Widdowson MSc PCC ACTC is an accredited executive and team coach, Director of Performance Edge, and a lead tutor on team coaching at Henley Business School, UK. During her 30 year corporate career she has worked as a HR Director and is a UK board member for team coaching for the ICF.
Paul J Barbour MSc PCC ACTC is an accredited executive and team coach, with 20 years prior experience leading businesses and teams in Kerry Group plc. A writer and speaker with strong interests in human collaboration and conflict resolution, he is also a lead tutor on team coaching at Henley Business School, UK.
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