Beyond Team Building

In the 1970s, Bill Dyer created a revolutionary approach to team building that has been fundamental to businesses looking to improve teamwork. Now, with Beyond Team Building, that classic model receives a much-anticipated update for the contemporary business environment. In this book, Gibb Dyer and Jeff Dyer distill their five-dimensional model of team building into a powerhouse guide to assessing, diagnosing, and improving teams across organizations of all types. Beyond Team Building is for anyone who understands that teamwork must be built into the core of any enterprise if that enterprise is to succeed. Many approaches to team building focus on fixing broken teams by bringing them up to par. Readers of this book will be empowered to far exceed that modest goal, because the 5 C model of team building emphasizes pushing teams to new heights and creating a team building organization. Assessing existing problems and identifying solutions is just the first step. Infusing teamwork into the very core of a business (or family, or any other type of team environment) is what this time-tested approach is all about. A notable update to Bill Dyer's classic theory is the addition of a focus on collaborative leadership, emphasizing the role of the team leader. Only today are we beginning to fully understand the importance of collaboration in organizations, and Beyond Team Building is leading the way with action steps in this crucial area. Team leaders often do not receive adequate training for leadership, and this book fills this gap by outlining the characteristics of effective team leaders-and addressing what can be done when team leaders are not living up to their potential regarding this crucial role. The book includes insights from interviews with transformative leaders like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and Nike CEO Mark Parker. Professionals will appreciate the practical orientation in this concise and focused guide. Self-assessment surveys, intervention plans, and real-world examples will enable leaders and team members alike to dive right into intensive team building, without getting bogged down in theory. The authors even address specialized scenarios, from temporary teams and virtual teams to teamwork within the family. Comprehensive yet succinct, this book is a valuable resource for anyone looking to make their team-or teams more effective.