Description
Book SynopsisFive common problems your team is susceptible toand the one thing you can do to fix all of them There are so many ways a team can go wrong. Does your team make decisions so slowly that nothing ever gets done, or does it go too fast and miss critical issues that come back to bite you later? Does your team bicker endlessly or smile and nod while avoiding the tough issues? Too often, team dysfunction leads to abysmal productivity and zero innovation for your organization, as well as misery and wasted time for you. Most team members sit and wait, feeling trapped in a team that just isn''t working. You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done presents a radical new idea: you can change your team. Author Liane Davey shows how you, from any seat at the table, even without support from your colleagues or your team leader, can transform even a toxic team. It starts with living up to five responsibilities that will change the workings of even the most
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Change Yourself, Change Your Team 1
The Great Promise of Teams 3
The Sad Reality of Teams 4
Teams Are Here to Stay 4
What I’ve Learned about Fixing Teams 5
There’s One Catch 7
The Road Ahead 8
Change Your Team 10
Chapter 2 Toxic Teams 13
How Sick Is Your Team? 19
Coping 20
Chapter 3 The Crisis Junkie Team 23
The Value of Crisis 27
Origins of a Crisis Junkie Problem 28
Impact of Being a Crisis Junkie Team 30
Diagnostic 33
Triage and Emergency Medicine 34
Chapter 4 The Bobble Head Team 39
The Desire for Harmony 44
Origins of a Bobble Head Problem 45
Impact of Being a Bobble Head Team 47
Diagnostic 49
Triage and Emergency Medicine 49
Chapter 5 The Spectator Team 55
Overload 59
Origins of a Spectator Team 60
Impact of Being a Spectator Team 62
Diagnostic 63
Triage and Emergency Medicine 64
Chapter 6 The Bleeding Back Team 69
Civility 73
Origins of a Bleeding Back Team 74
Impact of Being a Bleeding Back Team 76
Diagnostic 79
Triage and Emergency Medicine 79
Chapter 7 The Royal Rumble Team 85
Engagement 89
Origins of a Royal Rumble Team 90
Impact of Being a Royal Rumble Team 92
Diagnostic 94
Triage and Emergency Medicine 94
Chapter 8 The You in Team 101
Team Building 103
It’s about You 106
Your Responsibilities 107
Chapter 9 Start with a Positive Assumption 111
It’s Over before It’s Begun 113
Start with a Positive Assumption 119
Competence, Reliability, and Integrity of Your Teammates 126
Health Check: Are You Starting with a Positive Assumption? 128
Chapter 10 Add Your Full Value 131
Pale Imitations 134
Add Your Full Value 138
A Word about Vulnerability 145
Adding the Wrong Value 148
Health Check: Are You Adding Your Full Value? 149
Chapter 11 Amplify Other Voices 153
The Need for Speed 156
Drowning Out Minority Voices—The Power and the Peril of the Majority 157
The Importance of Diversity 159
Amplify Other Voices 162
What Is Diverse? 168
Health Check: Are You Amplifying Other Voices? 169
Chapter 12 Know When to Say “No” 173
Spread Too Thin 176
Know When to Say “No” 181
How to Say “No” 187
Help! It Didn’t Work 189
Times to Say “Yes” 190
Health Check: Do You Know When to Say “No?” 191
Chapter 13 Embrace Productive Conflict 193
We Stink at Conflict 197
Why We Don’t Fight the Good Fight 198
Embrace Productive Conflict 201
The Path Forward 203
Health Check: Are You Embracing Productive Conflict? 211
Chapter 14 You First 215
Notes 223
Acknowledgments 225
About the Author 227
About Knightsbridge 228
Index 229
