Thursday, May 01, 2008

Teams on Thursday: Essential Team Reads

Here are a few of my favorite books on teamwork and team issues:

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team -Patrick Lencioni

The Speed of Trust - Stephen Covey

The Wisdom of Teams - Kazenbach and Smith

Mastering VIRTUAL Teams - Duarte and Snyder

The Leadership Challenge - Kouzes and Posner (more about leadership in a team envrionment)

You can pick up several of these at the bookstore I've set up with Amazon here.

A couple of these I am particularly biased about (The Leadership Challenge and the Five Dysfunctions of a Team) as I deliver workshop programs from these models to teams, AND I also know how powerful the models can be for teams.

What are some of your favorite team reads right now?

Warm wishes,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, PCC, CHRP, CPT
Potentials Realized
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2 comments:

Unknown said...

Thank you for the recommendations. I will have to check them out.

Breanne said...

I totally agree with the Lencioni and Covey books!!!

My customers LOVE the Lencioni book because it uses the MBTI assessment as a common language and foundation for understanding. Plus the book is really a sample of Action Learning which is a really hot topic!