Tools for Team Leadership Delivering the X-Factor in Team Excellence [Paperback]

This self-study training guide puts the power of participative leadership into the hands of every manager, trainer, consultant, and team member struggling to help teams succeed. Packed with more than eighty new and field-tested tools,Tools for Team Leadershipsolves the mystery of why some teams-regardless of talent-succeed while others fail and delivers everything you need to master the X-factor skills of team leadership.Gregory E. Huszczo, PhD has more than 30 years of experience as a professor, consultant and trainer with clients that include Ford Motor Company, Digital Equipment Corporation, La-Z-Boy, Unisys, AFSCME, Navistar and the US National Coalition for Community and Justice.A great fit with Toyota Way principles of developing internal leaders, teaching employees to become problem solvers, and continuous improvement. This book will join Huszczo???s Tools for Team Excellence in my practical tool kit.Scott Fenton, Senior Specialist, HR & OD, Toyota Technical Center USA, Inc.Uses actual experiences that can be directly related to the needs of industry going to lean and team environments. A great resource.Patrick McDonnell, Production Manager, La-Z-Boy Canada Ltd.The tools scattered throughout immediately transform concepts into clear action, giving confidence to those striving to make a difference at work. This book will be a godsend to those dedicated, caring people wanting workplaces that perform exceptionally as they give workers every opportunity to express and contribute their talents and skills.The tools Huszczo describes can lead to better job design and content, new learning, and new skill development. His book is a vision of a more democratic workplace that is both enabling and innovative.Michael Schippani, International Representative, United Auto WorkersProvides tools such as focus group questionnaires, checklists of responsibilities, exercises for teams, chapter reviews, pithy commandments to improve teamsl,