Team Building

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"My late, greatly admired and good friend, Bill Dyer, was indeed apioneer in how to create effective teams. His ideas and methods aregreatly enhanced by the additional work of his remarkable sons, whocontinue his vision today. Outstanding work. An excellentbook." --Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of HighlyEffective People "The reader will find in this book the concepts, ideas, andpractical suggestions that are necessary for any manager to have athand if he or she is a member or creator of a committee, team,task-force, or any other activity involving collaboration amongseveral people. The ideas are proven by several decades ofexperience and well-supported in the text with numerous examples. Iam very pleased that Bill's pioneering work in this arena isbeing continued at a time when the world needs 'team building' morethan ever." --from the Foreword by Edgar H. Schein, Sloan FellowsProfessor of Management Emeritus, MIT Sloan School ofManagement "This fourth edition book by second generationauthors is first rate. It demonstrates that the businesscontext requires increased teamwork; that the composition of teamsmust adapt to local and visible as well as global and virtualsettings; that the competencies and tools for effective teams canbe delineated and mastered; and that temporary, alliance, andvirtual teams can change the way we think about organizations. Itis a treasure trove of ideas, tools, and examples." --Dave Ulrich, professor, University of Michigan and partner,The RBL Group "What an amazing gift! The 'bible' of team building has beenupdated and expanded. Solid theory is combined with the mostpractical of techniques. Practitioners of team building and OD arehuge beneficiaries of this monumental work." --Jack Zenger, co-founder and CEO, Zenger Folkman; coauthor ofthe best-selling The Extraordinary Leader andResults-Based Leadership