Team Management for Professionals

This guidebook contains key theories on team management and evidence-based techniques.
The Team Management for Professionals guidebook will show you how to build a team and the methods needed to lead a group through a challenge. The book draws on research from the fields of business management, psychology, and neuroscience. Developed by Benjamin Stephens at the Institute of Team Management, the guidebook contains information that is based on years of training experience.

The book provides team leaders with the tools necessary to help a group become a high-performing unit.

So, what separates an average team from a high-performing team?

A well-defined team purpose, effective communication channels, planning techniques and certain leadership traits can all boost team performance.

This guidebook reveals proven strategies that can be used to sustain professional teams.
Inside, you'll find:

• 30+ key concepts explained in a clear manner.
• 20+ practical techniques to maximise performance.
• Frameworks and tools, such as Tuckman's stages of team development, the Results Pyramid, and the Kanban workflow system, which support effective team management.
• Collaborative practical exercises such as the the "Team M.O.T." can help to resolve conflict, and the Sail Exercise can be used to strategically review a team's approach to an upcoming programme or challenge.