Rapid Team Deployment.

TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- ABOUT THIS BOOK -- Dedication- -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- WELCOME TEAM BUILDERS! -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Objectives Worksheet -- PART I Defining Team Direction -- TEAM MECHANICS -- Team Definition -- MEET THE ABC GROUP -- EXERCISE: High-Performance Teamwork -- STAGES OF TEAM DEVELOPMENT -- Team Performance Accelerators -- TO TEAM OR NOT TO TEAM? -- Team Goals -- Team Costs -- Cost/Benefit Analysis -- EMPOWERMENT -- What Is Empowerment? -- How To Empower and Enable -- PLANNING EMPOWERMENT LEVEL -- EXERCISE: Case Study Team Selection -- RAPID TEAM DEPLOYMENT -- Our Theme -- Two Examples -- How To Do It -- THE TEAM ENVIRONMENT -- DEFINING TEAM REQUIREMENTS -- Team Lifecycle -- Team Direction -- REQUIREMENTS TECHNIQUES -- Requirement Technique #1: Mission Statement -- Requirement Technique #2: Customer Requirements -- Requirement Technique #3: Team Deliverables -- CASE S TUDY: ABC's SMARTs -- EXERCISE: Team Requirements -- MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ROLES -- Team Sponsor Functions -- TASK VS. TEAM FOCUS -- TOP 10 TEAM SPONSOR GUIDELINES -- UPPER MANAGEMENT'S IMPACT ON TEAMWORK -- Steering Council Function -- Ideal World -- CASE STUDY: ABC Update -- EXERCISE: Management Support Roles -- ESTABLISHING TEAM LEADERSHIP -- Team Leader Functions -- Team Leader Selection -- CASE STUDY: ABC Decision -- TEAM FACILITATOR -- Team Facilitator Functions -- CASE STUDY: News From ABC -- EXERCISE: Team Leadership -- PART II Organizing Your Team -- TEAM RECRUITMENT -- Team Member Selection -- CASE STUDY: ABC Marketing Team Membership -- Contracting Team Members -- EXERCISE: Team Recruitment -- CASE STUDY: Team Members -- TEAM CHARTER -- General Direction -- Membership -- Empowerment -- ABC's Marketing Team Charter -- TEAM CHARTER DEVELOPMENT -- Why Bother? -- BRIEFING THE TEAM -- How to Brief the Team -- ROADMAPS -- Roadmap Types -- Roadmap Types.

TASK/IMPLEMENTATION TEAM ROADMAP -- PROBLEM-SOLVING ROADMAP -- PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ROADMAP -- NEW PRODUCT/PROCESS ROADMAP -- EXERCISE: Team Briefing -- MASTER PLANNING -- Strategic Planning -- ABC Distribution Team Master Plan -- HOW TO PLAN -- Master Planning Flowchart -- EXERCISE: Master Planning -- PRESENTING THE PLAN -- Other Planning Tools -- TEAM PUBLIC RELATIONS -- Team Recognition -- How To Do It -- PART III Team-Building Dynamics -- TEAM KICK-OFF -- The Forming Stage -- Accelerating Forming Stage Team-Building -- BONDING TEAMS -- Team Communication Guidelines -- TEAM GROUND RULES -- CASE STUDY: ABC Distribution Team Ground Rules -- TEAM TRAINING -- Team Kick-Off Training -- Just-In-Time Team Training -- HOW TO BREAK MUTUAL TRUST -- HOW TO BUILD MUTUAL TRUST -- Trust-Building Strategies -- EXERCISE: Team Training -- HANDLING TEAM DIFFERENCES -- Storming Symptoms -- CASE STUDY: ABC Update -- Why Differences? -- Disruptions -- Alternatives for Handling Differences -- STORMING RECOMMENDATIONS -- HOW TO NEGOTIATE DIFFERENCES -- CASE STUDY: ABC Distribution's Wristwatch Resolution -- EXERCISE: Negotiating Differences -- PART IV Accelerating Teamwork -- INCREASING YOUR TEAM'S PACE -- Team Action Plans -- Team Delegation -- CASE STUDY: ABC Distribution Team Action Plan -- CONSENSUS DEFINED -- How To Reach Consensus -- EFFECTIVE MEETINGS -- Meeting Hats -- PROJECT MANAGEMENT -- MONITORING -- Task Progress -- Meeting Effectiveness -- Team Maturity -- CASE STUDY: ABC Performance -- Action Register -- Team Self-Monitoring -- Coaching -- EXERCISE: Accelerating Teamwork -- UNSTICKING STUCK TEAMS -- Unsticking ABC's Stuck Team -- CASE STUDY: ABC's Solution -- EXERCISE: Troubleshooting -- ADJUSTING TEAM MEMBERSHIP -- Incorporating New Team Members -- PART V Team Wrap-Up -- WRAP-UP -- THE ADJOURNING STAGE -- CASE STUDY: ABC Wrap-Up -- Personal Summary.

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