Improving teams

by Jan Schouten

There are many reasons why things go wrong in the way teams work together. With this book you learn to what degree certain factors can influence the way your team operates. The starting point for a lot of the questions and assignments is always your team. You will be confronted with questions such as How does that work in my team? What do I want to improve? and How can I go about that?. The book closes with a procedure that your team can use for setting up a work programme for team improvement. Jan Schouten is a psychotherapist, organisational consultant and writer. In 1977 he introduced the concept of Assertive Training to the Netherlands to a large group of people (1981) via a television channel, all within a short space of time. Assertiveness is now part of everyday life in the Netherlands. Jan Schouten is also founder of the Schouten & Nelissen Group.Anke Baak studied public relations and (organisational) sociology. She is currently the manager responsible for Organisational Development within Schouten & Nelissen. She advises companies on organisational change, management development, performance management and culture change. She also assists management teams on co-operation questions. Wiebe Kamminga was a trainer and organisational consultant for Schouten & Nelissen in Zaltbommel. He focused on change and learning processes among individuals and groups in knowledge organisations. He died in February 1997.

168 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 24, 2010

About the author

Jan Schouten is schrijver. In 1977 haalde hij de assertiviteitstraining naar Nederland. Via de AVRO introduceerde hij het begrip in korte tijd bij een grote groep mensen (1981). Nu is assertiviteit niet meer weg te denken uit de Nederlandse samenleving. Jan Schouten is ondernemer, psychotherapeut, organisatieadviseur én oprichter van de Schouten & Nelissen Groep.