How NASA Builds Teams Mission Critical Soft Skills for Scientists, Engineers, and Project Teams

Name: How NASA Builds Teams Mission Critical Soft Skills for Scientists, Engineers, and Project Teams
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ISBN: 9780470456484

ISBN-10: 0470456485

ISBN-13: 9780470456484

Edition: 2009

Authors: Charles J. Pellerin

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Developed over 15 years by one of NASA's lead astrophysicists, the book and accompanying soft skills assessment questionnaire (included in the book and available free online), is a powerful, proven system to build high performing teams. It is widely used by NASA astronauts, Space Shuttle crew members, Space Station teams, and engineering teams as a rigorous, measurement-based, techie-friendly approach to improving communication, motivation, and soft skills. Each chapter describes key elements of an effective teambuilding system, based on the free assessment tool included in the book, which can be taken by each member of your team. In the "4-D System", "4-D" is shorthand for the "Four…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 7/7/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Charles J. Pellerin holds a PhD in astrophysics and is the former director of NASA's Astrophysics Division, where he oversaw an annual budget of $750 million, launched a dozen satellites, and led the team that repaired the Hubble Space Telescope. He was also Professor of Leadership in the business school at the University of Colorado at Boulder.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Understanding and Analyzing Context



Think You Can Ignore Context? Hubble's Flawed Mirror Might Wake You Up



Managing Social Context Manages Technical Performance



The 4-D System: A Simple Tool to Analyze Team and Individual Performance



Using 4-D Assessments and Representative Results From NASA



The 4-D Assessment Process



NASA's 4-D Teambuilding Results



4-D Diagnostics: How to Color Code Your Team's Context



Using the 4-D System to Color Your Personalities



Using the 4-D System to Analyze Cultures



Incoherent Project Mindset Colors? Update Your Resume



Shifting the Context



The Context Shifting Worksheet (CSW)



Red Story-Lines Limit Team Performance



Manage Your Emotions to Manage Your Team's Energy



People Need to Feel Appreciated by You



Mine the Gold in Your Shared Interests



People Need to Feel Included by You



Building Trustworthy Contexts



Creating the Future You Want



Your Team Can't Afford Drama



Don't Put Good People in Bad Places


Epilogue: Hubble's Legacy


References


Index