Publisher's Synopsis
Year after year, consultants, trainers, and human resource professionals have come to rely on the Annuals to provide them with the most current and quality tools on a wide variety of topics. In this book, editor Elaine Biech and contributors to the Annuals have honed in on the important theme of team building to create the first topic-specific book in the Annuals series. The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools includes an innovative ten-block model for building a high-performance team and draws on the best-on-the-topic articles from thirty-five years of Annuals volumes. Open the pages of The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools and you will find: A Stellar Panel of Contributors including Julie O'Mara, Patrick Doyle, Laurence C. Porter, Robert C. Preziosi, Anthony J. Reilly, John E. Jones, Leonard D.;Goodstein, and Karen Vander Linde A Toolbox Loaded with activities, surveys, and information that you can put in place to build high-performing teams A Complete Team-Building Kit that includes a model for determining a team's strengths and weaknesses "I cut my training teeth on The Pfeiffer Annuals, and I've been a faithful advocate of these peerless guides ever since the first one. I'm just beside myself with glee to have a collection of the 'classic team-building tools' all in one place! Elaine Biech has done a masterful job of bringing together the all-time favorites and organizing them into a practical model. You've just got to have this book on your shelf, within easy reach. Buy it now! I know you're going to use it often." -James M. Kouzes, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Heart, chairman emeritus, Tom Peters Company
