Team Players and Teamwork: Working with Personalites to Develop Effective Teams by Glenn M. Parker

Preface     ix
The Author     xix
Team Players and Teamwork: The New Reality     1
It's the Twenty-First Century: Team Players and Teamwork Are Here to Stay     4
What Makes a Team Effective or Ineffective     13
Teamwork: Lessons from the Past     14
A New Model of Team Effectiveness     19
The Ineffective Team     63
Trouble Ahead: The Warning Signs     64
Building Your Team     67
Effective Team Players     69
The Concept of Personal Style     70
Team Player Styles     71
Contributor     73
Collaborator     79
Communicator     85
Challenger     92
Team Player Actions     98
Ineffective Team Players     101
The Cost of Ineffective Team Players     103
The Ineffective Contributor     104
The Ineffective Collaborator     105
The Ineffective Communicator     107
The Ineffective Challenger     109
Dealing with the Ineffective Team Player When It Is You     110
Dealing with the Ineffective Team Player When It Is Someone Else     111
Team Players as Team Leaders     115
The Contributor as Leader     117
The Contributor Leader: The Downside     119
The Collaborator as Leader     119
The Collaborator Leader: The Downside     121
The Communicator as Leader     122
The Communicator Leader: The Downside     123
The Challenger as Leader     124
The Challenger Leader: The Downside     125
Personal-Development Planning for Team Leaders     126
Successful Team-Building Strategies for Team Leaders     127
Adaptive Team Players     133
Forming     135
Storming     137
Norming     140
Performing     143
How Team Players Adapt to Team Development     146
Analyzing Your Team's Strengths and Weaknesses     149
Stages and Styles: The Right Mix at the Right Time     150
The Goal: Style Diversity     151
Style Overload     152
Missing Perspectives     155
How to Analyze Your Team     157
Developing a Team Player Culture     161
Current Methods     161
Recommended Strategies     163
R[subscript x] for the Development of a Team Player Culture      181
Challenges for Teams and Team Players     183
The Executive Challenge     183
The Management Challenge     185
The Human Resources Challenge     186
The Learning and Development Challenge     186
The Personal Challenge     188
Resources: Tools for Developing Teams and Team Players     189
Parker Team-Development Survey     191
Parker Team-Development Survey: Summary and Action Planning Guide     195
Parker Team Player Survey     197
Team Player Styles     205
Parker Team Player Survey: Normative Data Report     207
References     215
Index     221