Leading Self-Directed Work Teams
A Guide to Developing New Team Leadership Skills
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Hardback
263 pages
978-0-07-021071-4 (ISBN)
Description
Featured by "Business Week", "Fortune", and "The Wall Street Journal" as the cutting edge of corporate management, self-directed work teams (SDWTs) are rapidly replacing traditional boss-driven organizations whose entrenched autocratic management styles have become obsolete. In major companies like Kodak, Apple, Walmart, and Honeywell, SDWTs have transformed personnel into a creative and competitive workforce. "Leading Self-directed Work Teams" reveals how supervisors in any company - large or small - can take advantage of the leadership skills that make and keep major corporations competitive. Focusing on hundreds of practical, time-tested examples, the author explains innovative practices such as Kodak's 13 Room, where a division created its own board of directors comprised of team members who assumed leadership of the business. This book also examines team leader practices learned from Procter and Gamble experiments - managing by principle rather than by policy and setting boundaries that change as the team matures.
In addition, this practical, step-by-step guide explains the intricacies of helping traditional supervisors change to SDWT leaders with: a weekly activity guide to help team leaders remember critical activities; easy-to-access tips and checklists summarizing key concepts and strategies; a special chapter focusing on "3 days in the life of a team leader"; and practical solutions for typical team leader problems. In the increasingly competitive marketplace every corporation needs a leg up, and "Leading Self-directed Work Teams" shows how to create that edge from the shop floor to the executive offices.
In addition, this practical, step-by-step guide explains the intricacies of helping traditional supervisors change to SDWT leaders with: a weekly activity guide to help team leaders remember critical activities; easy-to-access tips and checklists summarizing key concepts and strategies; a special chapter focusing on "3 days in the life of a team leader"; and practical solutions for typical team leader problems. In the increasingly competitive marketplace every corporation needs a leg up, and "Leading Self-directed Work Teams" shows how to create that edge from the shop floor to the executive offices.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
42 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
593 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-021071-4 (9780070210714)
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Kimball Fisher is a cofounder of the Fisher Group, Inc., and has worked with many companies implementing high-performance management practices across North America, Western Europe, Asia, and Africa. These include Amoco, Apple Computers, Chevron, Corning, Hewlett Packard, Mosanto, Motorola, NBC, Shell, Weyerhauser, and more. He is a popular speaker at conferences on teams, leadership, and organization design and has addressed audiences around the world.
Content
Part I: A New Kind of Leader for a New Kind of Business Environment.
Bosses Who Don't Boss.
Self-Directed Work Teams: What Are They and Where Did They Come From? Team Empowerment: Passing Fad or the Future of Work Design? The Classic Supervisor Is an Endangered Species.
The Transition from Supervisor to Team Leader: A Rocky Road.
Part II: Building the Foundation for Change.
The Kodak 13 Room Story: Empowering Team Leaders.
Overcoming Common Transition Difficulties: Four Learnings from the 13 Room.
Part III: The Power of Values and Assumptions.
The Visible and Invisible Elements of Team Leadership.
Theory X Assumptions and Control Paradigm Thinking: You Can't Get There from Here.
The Values and Assumptions of Team Leaders: Lessons from the Trenches.
Team Leaders Value Teamwork, Authenticity, Development, and Barrier Busting.
Part IV: The Role of the Team Leader.
The Supervisor vs.
the Team Leader: Sheep Herders and Shepherds.
The Role of the Team Leader.
Essential Competencies for Team Leaders: Leader, Example, and Coach.
The Business Analyzer, Barrier Buster, Facilitator, and Customer Advocate.
The Myth of the Marshmallow Manager.
The Five Stages of Implementing Empowerment.
Leadership Roles During the Early Stages of Team Maturity.
Leadership Roles During the Later Stages of Team Maturity.
Part V: The Team Leader Workout.
Three Days in the Life of a Team Leader.
A Weekly Activity Guide for Team Leaders.
Part VI: Common Problems and Uncommon Solutions.
When Team Members Resist the Change to a Self-Directed Work Team.
Helping Supervisors Change to Team Leaders.
Managing Upwards: When You Don't Have the Support of Senior Management.
Part VII: Team Leader Evaluation Tools.
The Team Leader Litmus Test: Do I Fit As a Team Leader? Assessing Team Leader Effectiveness Sampler.
The Team Leader Survival Guide.
Bosses Who Don't Boss.
Self-Directed Work Teams: What Are They and Where Did They Come From? Team Empowerment: Passing Fad or the Future of Work Design? The Classic Supervisor Is an Endangered Species.
The Transition from Supervisor to Team Leader: A Rocky Road.
Part II: Building the Foundation for Change.
The Kodak 13 Room Story: Empowering Team Leaders.
Overcoming Common Transition Difficulties: Four Learnings from the 13 Room.
Part III: The Power of Values and Assumptions.
The Visible and Invisible Elements of Team Leadership.
Theory X Assumptions and Control Paradigm Thinking: You Can't Get There from Here.
The Values and Assumptions of Team Leaders: Lessons from the Trenches.
Team Leaders Value Teamwork, Authenticity, Development, and Barrier Busting.
Part IV: The Role of the Team Leader.
The Supervisor vs.
the Team Leader: Sheep Herders and Shepherds.
The Role of the Team Leader.
Essential Competencies for Team Leaders: Leader, Example, and Coach.
The Business Analyzer, Barrier Buster, Facilitator, and Customer Advocate.
The Myth of the Marshmallow Manager.
The Five Stages of Implementing Empowerment.
Leadership Roles During the Early Stages of Team Maturity.
Leadership Roles During the Later Stages of Team Maturity.
Part V: The Team Leader Workout.
Three Days in the Life of a Team Leader.
A Weekly Activity Guide for Team Leaders.
Part VI: Common Problems and Uncommon Solutions.
When Team Members Resist the Change to a Self-Directed Work Team.
Helping Supervisors Change to Team Leaders.
Managing Upwards: When You Don't Have the Support of Senior Management.
Part VII: Team Leader Evaluation Tools.
The Team Leader Litmus Test: Do I Fit As a Team Leader? Assessing Team Leader Effectiveness Sampler.
The Team Leader Survival Guide.