Managing Teams

DK Essential Managers

by Robert Heller

Learn all you need to know about successful team management, from building up a team that functions effectively to achieving the desired results. Managing Teams shows you how to establish a productive environment and exploit group dynamics, and it also provides practical techniques to try in different settings. Power tips help you handle real-life situations and develop the first-class team-management skills that are the key to a productive and informed workplace. You yourself will be both more productive and more informed after reading this clear, efficient guide.
 
Part of the DK Essential Managers series. Experienced and novice managers alike can benefit from these compact guides that slip easily into a briefcase or a portfolio. The topics are relevant to every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses. Concise treatments of dozens of business techniques, skills, methods, and problems are presented with hundreds of photos, charts, and diagrams. It is the most exciting and accessible approach to business and self-improvement available.

Genres: Leadership, Business, Management, Nonfiction

72 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 1999

About the author

Robert Heller was a British management journalist, management consultant, author of a series of management books, and the founding editor of Management Today.

Reviews

[Lori Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read book on managing teams for knowledge workers, managers, executives, and entrepreneurs.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think there is a big difference between leading a group of paid staff and a group of volunteers. It is harder leading volunteers than leading employees. Apart from making this distinction, the author does a good job in addressing the kind of issues a team faces. There is much to commend this book with sections of understanding your team, setting up the team, improving team efficiency and working for the future. For me, the key learning points was understanding the difference between setting up a team and joining a team. He gives some helpful tips which might have been helpful if I had heard about them before. I also like his stress on working through issues: openly, honestly and collaboratively. Informative.

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read MAY 2007

Good primar/refresher for managing teams.