Teams can often be complex, messy and a bit slippery, and getting the best out of them can feel like an uphill struggle. It’s a sad fact that most teams underperform, and few ever realise their true potential.
This uniquely practical self-help book for teams will show you how to release their magic. It demystifies the common-place challenges that teams face in the workplace, and by focussing on those things that make a real difference, it takes all the guess work out of the drive for top performance.
Through an accessible range of tried-and-tested, flexible practices, you’ll discover how to build and nurture a united, cohesive team whilst getting to grips with those intangible, elusive issues that can impact your team’s effectiveness and undermine its productivity.
Whether you’re leading a team or working in one that’s in need of some extra help and direction, this smart guidebook will provide you with a wealth of practices to adapt as part of your everyday routines, and the power to transform your team from simply ticking over to being truly transformed.
Dr. Declan Woods is a top team psychologist, who specialises in working with boards and leadership teams. He is Professor of Leadership Practice at King’s College London.
Declan leads teamGenie®, an international company specialising in team design, development, and coaching (www.teamgenie.com), and on a mission to help teams release their magic. When this happens, teams triumph. He wrote his book The Triumphant Team to show them how to achieve this.
Declan was the first Association for Coaching (AC) accredited Master Coach and made a Lifetime Fellow by them for raising standards of coaching globally. He led the creation of the AC’s executive and team coaching standards and accreditation schemes, and co-authored and launched the Global Code of Ethics (www.globalcodeofethics.org) signed by the world’s leading coaching bodies.
Declan writes a regular column on team coaching topics and is a frequent commentator on teams in the press. He created the award-winning diagnostic tool, teamSalient® to help organisations drive improvements in team effectiveness.