The Leadership of Teams: How to Develop and Inspire High-performance Teamwork - Softcover

Brent, Mike; Dent, Fiona Elsa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147293587X ISBN 13: 9781472935878

Publisher: Bloomsbury Business, 2017

Synopsis

Teams are everywhere - business, industry, schools, hospitals and government. There are executive, management and cross-functional teams, as well as teams formed for specific tasks and projects. But when a team can succeed or fail on the quality and effectiveness of its leader, everyone will have a view on the leadership qualities that are most important.

So what makes a successful team? And what can leaders do to ensure that their teams collaborate effectively and are committed to the right goals?

The Leadership of Teams examines some of the most common challenges facing both teams and leaders, including:
· interpersonal challenges;
· working in a global context;
· different roles in different teams;
· multicultural teams; and
· coaching and developing team members.

Written by experienced academics and practitioners, The Leadership of Teams incorporates results from specially-commissioned surveys on team-working, organized by Ashridge Business School. Using examples from sport, the military, business and the charity sector, this book shows how the best leaders successfully inspire, support and work with their teams in order to produce peak performance.

About this title

About the Authors

Mike Brent is an Adjunct Professor of Practice at Ashridge Executive Education, Hult international business school, and specialises in leadership, team-building, influencing, coaching and cross-cultural management. He is widely published in the areas of influencing, coaching and leadership.

Fiona Elsa Dent is a Management Trainer, Leadership Coach and Associate Faculty member at Ashridge. She was a faculty member at Ashridge for 24 years and during her last 10 years held a role on the management team as Director of Executive Education, where she managed a faculty group and contributed to the strategic operation of the organisation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Business
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147293587X
• ISBN 13: 9781472935878
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296