Description
Book SynopsisEvery organization and every team, Guttman says, faces challenges as they go about the task of solving problems and making decisions. Some seem to take challenges in stride and move quickly to resolution. Others flounder and are forced to rise to new challenges.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Chapter 1 Cracking the High-Performance Code 1
Chapter 2 The New High-Performance Leader 19
Chapter 3 The New High-Performance Player 47
Chapter 4 Aligning for High Performance 79
Chapter 5 Accelerating to High Performance 111
Chapter 6 How Great Teams Make Decisions 125
Chapter 7 How Great Teams Manage Meetings 141
Chapter 8 How Great Teams Communicate 155
Chapter 9 From Great Teams to a Great Organization 169
Chapter 10 Great Leaders and Teams: Challenges, Responses, and Remaining Issues 185
Appendix A Player-Centered Leadership 203
Appendix B The Skills of a Great Team Member 209
Index 231
