Leading Self-Directed Work Teams

Name: Leading Self-Directed Work Teams
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ISBN: 9780071349246

ISBN-10: 0071349243

ISBN-13: 9780071349246

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Kimball Fisher

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Based on the author's successful seminars and training workshops for team leaders, this book provides a road map for managers and supervisors in traditional hierarchical environments whose organisations have reorganised into self-directed teams.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 12/9/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.10" long x 1.56" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English

Kimball Fisher and Mareen Fisher are co-founders of The Fisher Group, Inc. and have worked with many Fortune 100 companies to implement high- performance management systems. They have consulted to clients in North America, Western Europe, Asia and Africa with companies such as Amoco, Apple Computers, Chevron, Corning, Delphi/Delco, Hewlett-Packard, Monsanto, Motorola, NBC, PepsiCo, Proctor and Gamble, The Port of Seattle, Shell, and Weyerhaeuser. The Fishers have trained thousands of managers. They are widely published and are popular speakers on teams, leadership and organization design. Kimball. Fisher is author of Leading Self-Directed Work Teams and co-author of Tips for Teams.




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


A Rocky Road: The Transition from Supervisor to Team Leader



Building the Foundation for Change


The Kodak 13 Room Story: Empowering Team Leaders


Overcoming Common Transition Difficulties: Four Learnings from the 13 Room



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 Role of the Team Leader


The Supervisor Versus the Team Leader: Sheep Herders and Shepherds


The Role of the Team Leader


Essential Competencies for Team Leaders: Leader, Results Catalyst, and Facilitator


The Barrier Buster, Business Analyzer, Coach, and Living Example


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



The Team Leader Workout


Three Days in the Life of a Team Leader


A Weekly Activity Guide for Team Leaders



Common Problems and Uncommon Solutions


When Team Members Resist the Change to a Self-Directed Work Team


Helping Supervisors Become Team Leaders


Managing Upward: When You Don't Have the Support of Senior Management


Creating Accountability: Systems for Teams


When the Problem Is the Organization: Redesigning for Teams


Overcoming the Special Challenges of Leading knowledge Workers


Leading Virtual Teams: How to Work with Teams That Are Geographically Dispersed



Team Leader Evaluation Tools


The Team Leader Limits Test: Do I Fit as a Team Leader?


Assessing Team Leader Effectiveness Sampler


The Team Leader Survival Guide