Team Management

Team Management
Rus Slater

The team management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Team ManagementIncludes how to:• Understand how different personalities interact in a team• Set up clear structures and goals for your team• Implement change effectively and as painlessly as possible• Overcome personality clashes and team difficulties• Manage your team so that it delivers fantastic results

Collins Business Secrets

Team Management

Rus Slater

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u24ecbb97-c173-5275-836e-ac174cd60a08)

Title Page (#u10dc8d10-097d-5385-bb8a-7c47270aa6bb)

Author’s note (#u6bbdda4b-5fd4-51c8-b7d4-9136345d421d)

Managing teams is a balancing act (#ud43ef269-67eb-5266-809e-00b8b0b85ab1)

Is this a team? (#ufb3d44b3-b6d8-589e-81b5-cea84e475a2e)

1.1 Know what you mean by ‘team’ (#u6eda1993-e986-59cf-8990-a2b8aab75315)

1.2 Define success for your team (#ubbef0d83-a097-5f1a-86ac-52f21d09940b)

1.3 Know when you haven’t got a team (#u23296c2f-f829-5ca3-adb1-966b0deaeb98)

1.4 Plan to be a real team leader (#u8932a892-4dd6-5edb-bffd-bbc819d3875d)

1.5 Check that you have some followers (#u9904592d-2289-50c7-8b8c-67c3dade8248)

1.6 Manage a cross-functional team (#u00718e76-56a8-55fe-8bc1-7152d4805335)

Form your team (#ua5664ae4-0498-5abe-a300-0dd5a34dd737)

2.1 Pick the right people (#ufe1637f5-ea74-5a38-a89a-926e50e12ea5)

2.2 Get the team performing quickly (#u8e199714-40e8-59b9-97e4-a0dc78257284)

2.3 Create a team identity (#u8dea0b7f-47e8-5919-b858-2511dfe860c9)

2.4 Create a team vision (#u4559f0ab-4ee5-5531-a254-5aab81211f00)

2.5 Agree the ground rules (#ufaf5765b-a191-551e-8c4b-5afa5f1e1f6f)

2.6 Understand team roles (#litres_trial_promo)

2.7 Use roles for teamwork and task success (#litres_trial_promo)

2.8 Measure the teamwork (#litres_trial_promo)

2.9 Manage teams within teams (#litres_trial_promo)

Lead your team (#litres_trial_promo)

3.1 Create tasks (#litres_trial_promo)

3.2 Build inter-dependencies (#litres_trial_promo)

3.3 Avoid MIYST (#litres_trial_promo)

3.4 Manage the miseries (#litres_trial_promo)

3.5 Keep smiling (#litres_trial_promo)

3.6 Give praise in public (#litres_trial_promo)

3.7 Reward your people (#litres_trial_promo)

3.8 Avoid being a ‘monkey manager’ (#litres_trial_promo)

3.9 Delegate to support your team (#litres_trial_promo)

Communicate with your team (#litres_trial_promo)

4.1 Run good team briefs (#litres_trial_promo)

4.2 Use all channels to give your message (#litres_trial_promo)

4.3 Decide who needs to know what (#litres_trial_promo)

4.4 Listen to your team (#litres_trial_promo)

4.5 Don’t forget the remote people (#litres_trial_promo)

4.6 Give your team some publicity (#litres_trial_promo)

Protect and serve your team (#litres_trial_promo)

5.1 Know who is working for whom (#litres_trial_promo)

5.2 Build and keep trust (#litres_trial_promo)

5.3 Lead by example (#litres_trial_promo)

5.4 Support your team as a whole (#litres_trial_promo)

5.5 Support your individuals (#litres_trial_promo)