As increasing focus is placed on fully utilizing and leveraging the value of employees, managers are finding that strong team leadership can be the answer to increasing productivity, reducing turnover, and boosting morale. A coherent, proven approach to teambuilding and leadership is very much in demand. Such an approach exists in today's military, where powerful leadership and effective teamwork are more than just conceptsthey're necessities. Leadership Lessons of the Navy SEALs analyzes the leadership and team-building techniques and strategies of elite Navy SEAL units, and guides business leaders and managers in creating, training, and leading teams that are extraordinarily successful at carrying out the company's mission.
Built around inspiring real-life stories from both the military and business worlds, this no-nonsense book outlines a step-by-step approach for boosting morale and increasing productivity. Leaders from every business environment will discover techniques to:
A Complete Team-Building Kit that includes a model for determining a team's strengths and weaknesses
"I cut my training teeth on The Pfeiffer Annuals, and I've been a faithful advocate of these peerless guides ever since the first one. I'm just beside myself with glee to have a collection of the 'classic team-building tools' all in one place! Elaine Biech has done a masterful job of bringing together the all-time favorites and organizing them into a practical model. You've just got to have this book on your shelf, within easy reach. Buy it now! I know you're going to use it often."
--James M. Kouzes, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Heart, chairman emeritus, Tom Peters Company
Customer Reviews:
The best of the best.......2005-12-15
A unique book... A collection of the best teambuilding-tools from the Pfeiffer-annuals. If you only should buy one book in your life about team activities... Choose this one!
Great ideas for HR consultants and general professionals.......2001-08-12
I found the book to be chockful of helpful information--particularly the checklists, personal evaluations, and learning games and tools. I also liked the step-by-step instructions on everything. Very well organized. Easy to find things--just want you're looking for to solve a key issue or use in a special training class.
More Teambuilding Tools!.......2001-07-18
A terrific book of tools for trainers, consultants and facilitators. Edited by Elaine Biech, the contributors provide comprehensive and integrated teamwork activities to help you develop high-performing teams. A must buy!
Fresh, Practical and In-Depth.......2001-07-14
In my work as a training consultant, I get called on to do a lot of work in the area of team building. There are a lot of books on the market that offer games and exercises, but fall short on theory and in depth debriefing. Elaine's book does a tremendous job of doing al of the above. Not only is there a wealth of the practical, but Elaine has gone over and above the expectations of delivering in depth training for the trainer so that one's tool kit if filled with reserve information when conducting teambuilding. YEAH!! Elaine has a way of taking the best of herself and others to make it work for the least to the most experienced trainer in the field. I will use this new tool a lot in my upcoming seminars. I look forward to new books from Elaine...they are ALL on my bookshelf and I use them all regularily for research as well sa recommend them to others!
Fresh ideas for teams.......2001-07-11
This new offering from Pfeiffer/Elaine Biech allows trainers to learn from their peers - working professionals in the field of human resource development. The Ten Block Model clearly presents both a roadmap for new teams and a diagnostic tool for established teams that want to move to the next level. Each of the chapters offers training activities that focus on one of the ten blocks. The final chapter presents a series of team building tools that are practical, easy to use, and thought provoking. This book is the team building equivalent of a recroding star's top hits CD - it presents only the best, culled from a large selection of really good ideas from past Annual editions. A wise addition to your library - a book you'll turn to again and again!
Average customer rating:
- Helpful resource that could be improved
- Trainers Dream
- Lots of games here
- Not Impressed
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Book Description
From the authors of the most phenomenally successful training series of all time comes a second huge collection of ice-breakers, brain teasers, problem solvers, and session closers that have been chosen to train for the skills today's companies are seeking. Included are games that teach employees how to continuous learning; exercises that enhance motivation, effectiveness, and speed in providing quality customer service; and activities that foster team-building. As in the previous books, each game has been field tested by professionals, most games can be played in under 30 minutes, and all the games can be implemented at little or no cost.
Customer Reviews:
Helpful resource that could be improved.......2007-05-14
The best thing about The Complete Games Trainers Play is its sheer size. Actually, it isn't nearly as big as some reviews imply. It is really around 1000 pages, not 2000+. And for some reason, a significant percentage of those pages are left blank. But even with that caveat, this is still a sizable resource.
If you are willing to devote 30+ minutes to finding an activity, you are sure to find one (or five) that are ideal for your training event. The fact that individual "games" can be removed from the ring binder is also helpful. This allows you to use the activities without carrying the whole book around, and to easily photocopy sheets for individual participants as some activities require.
However, there are some significant downsides. There is no real way to find appropriate activities without flipping through virtually the entire book. A large number of the activities aren't very good. And, most of the book is in a strange "typewriter" typeface that makes it look like it came from 1972. (Oddly, there are some pages which are randomly sprinkled through the book that use a different, more recent-looking typeface.)
To really upgrade its usefulness, Games . . . would benefit from taking a leap into the computer age. In other words, along with the printed book, a computer CD should be included. This could feature a good, searchable index, which is now lacking. It would also make it possible to print out games, and modify handouts on the computer to your organization's needs.
I've never bought any other resources like this, so I can't say if this is better or worse than others. I can say that in spite of the steep price and the drawbacks, I'm definitely glad I purchased it. It was very useful to me, and will be again in the future. However, there are a few simple steps the authors and publishers could take to greatly improve it.
Trainers Dream.......2006-11-03
This is a great tool of Trainers. Keeping your trainees engaged throughout the training is always a challenge. This tool give creative ways to assess retention of information. The games are great and the administrative forms and suggestions are wonderful.
Lots of games here.......2004-12-08
People love playing games a lot more than listening to lectures; this is indisputable. I didn't like all of the games listed here, but so what. Several I found helpful and intend to use.
Not Impressed.......2003-09-30
Although there is a lot of information packed into this book, I was very unimpressed with the layout and visual design. It looks like it was typed up in 1970. The graphics are ancient and the layout is just one big binder with no cross-referencing or indexing available. To find a useful game, you have to sift through hundreds of pages. It really is a shame, as there are some clever games here to loosen up an audience.
Frankly for this price, I expected something a bit flashier and filled with reproducibles that I would want to copy and hand out. The way it looks now, and with it's unwieldy format, it's going to sit on my shelf.
If I hadn't spilled water on it, I would have sent it back for a refund.
The Complete Games Trainers Play.......2000-05-23
This book was helpful in planning an in-house managment training session. The book is divided into sections making it easy to locate games targeted at specific areas. The book is actually a 3" 3 ring binder. It is a large book, however, it does contain a wealth of information.
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A direct sales superstar offers his tips on how to manage and grow quotabusting sales teams
One of today's fastest-growing enterprise sectors, direct sales employs 10 million people. Of that number, 2 million are managers. The most respected name in the business and a living legend, Michael Malaghan has done more than $2 billion worth of direct sales business over the past decade. In Making Millions in Direct Sales, he shares what he knows about assembling, managing, and motivating supercharged sales teams. Managers and those who aspire to become managers learn:
- Eight essential activities every direct sales manager must master
- 14 great motivators every sales manager should know
- How to combine sales contents and commissions in a unified motivational system
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A direct sales superstar offers his tips on how to manage and grow quotabusting sales teams
One of todays fastest-growing enterprise sectors, direct sales employs 10 million people. Of that number, 2 million are managers. The most respected name in the business and a living legend, Michael Malaghan has done more than $2 billion worth of direct sales business over the past decade. In Making Millions in Direct Sales, he shares what he knows about assembling, managing, and motivating supercharged sales teams. Managers and those who aspire to become managers learn:
- Eight essential activities every direct sales manager must master
- 14 great motivators every sales manager should know
- How to combine sales contents and commissions in a unified motivational system
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In today's superheated business climate, executives and managers are under increasing pressure to squeeze every last drop of productivity out of their people. Built around inspiring stories from both the military and business worlds, Leadership Lessons of the Navy SEALS outlines a step-by-step approach to boosting morale and increasing productivity in any business organization.
Customer Reviews:
One of the Best Books I have EVER read........2007-08-23
I am a profession College Coach. I have read many books on so called "Leaders" in the sports World. Wooden, Knight, Bryant, Hayes, Lombardi, Coach K, Dean Smith, Patino could all learn something from this book. This book gets to the point and proves the correct and effective technique. I have read maybe 30-40 books on leadership and coaching and I will say that this book is the best book I have ever read. After reading this book I gave a copy of it to all of the Coaches in my Athletic Department, and my Assistant Coaches. I can tell you not one person has not thanked me for getting them this book.
If you are a professional business man or woman, a coach, a community leader, teacher, you need this book!
Great book on leadership.......2005-12-28
Got this book as a gift since I just happened to get out of the military and now work for a software company. This book goes chapter by chapter explaining how leadership is perceived and how it should be. The author explains different leadership qualities as well as leadership styles.
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Collaborative skills have never been more important. At work, you can't afford to be defensive, hostile, or even too cynical. It's never easy, but getting along with your colleagues or customers is imperative, whether you're on a long-term assignment, a temporary project, or a virtual team where you're connected to colleagues only by cell phone and e-mail.
Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships is a how-to manual for anyone who wants to be more skillful at building relationships, both professional and personal. James W. Tamm and Ronald J. Luyet will show you how to gently look inside yourself for the answers, with page after page of thoughtful exercises and probing tools that will increase your skills. The four introspective skills you will learn are: Collaborative Intention, Truthfulness, Self-Accountability, and Self-Awareness and Awareness of Others.
You also have to get what you need from the world around you. That's why
Radical Collaboration teaches a critical fifth skill: Problem Solving and Negotiating. Tamm and Luyet teach you how to negotiate using the highly effective interest-based approach to problem solving.
At the heart of the book is a theory of human relationships called Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation, or FIRO. It explains how unmet emotional needs can sabotage our efforts to collaborate.
How does the online profile work? When you get to chapter 7, you will be directed to a unique code number printed on a sticker on the inside back flap of this book. Take this number to the Web site for the book, www.radicalcollaboration.com. Here, you will be able to take a free relationship profile called the FIRO Element B. This profile will increase your awareness of how you behave in relationships and give you information about your behavior in three areas that strongly influences your ability to collaborate. The test will measure how important control is to you, how important it is for you to be included, and how comfortable you are being open about yourself.
Are you are defensive and fearful? Is that preventing you from collaborating? Use the exercises in this book to identify your habits, and then learn how to moderate them. You will quickly become more effective at work and at home.
Customer Reviews:
Radical Collaboration: 5 Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and ..........2007-08-16
It's a good book.
I recommend it to anyone who needs to build better relationships with their co-worker, managers, and or spouse.
Great concept but lenghty and overly simple book.......2007-01-05
The theory behind the book is great and certainly works, however the book in itself is highly disappointing due to great lenghts to go over basic concepts with fake cute-ish examples and practical exercises that do not really provide a plus.
It really seems to dumb down every detail to fill the standard 250 pages but would be much better in 20 good pages.
Concept and theory explained in the book: 4.5/5
Reading experience : 1/5
HELPFUL.......2006-06-06
Discovering the nature of defensiveness and "button pushing" was invaluable for me personally and for being able to now see it in others. I just loved Chapt. 2: "Hey, Buzz Off ... I Am Not Defensive!"
Quoting:
"Defensiveness is a poison pill to good relationships. In conflict, defensiveness is like blood in the water to a shark. A little here, a little there, and in no time the situation has degenerated into a feeding frenzy."
"Defensiveness is always based on fear."
"Defensiveness does not defend us from others. It arises to protect from experiencing our own uncomfortable feelings. The prescription for dealing with your own defensiveness is to let yourself experience those feelings. Do not avoid them."
"Defensiveness provides only temporary relief. It's like covering dog poop with whipped cream. It may look good and smell better for a short time, but it doesn't deal with the underlying issue or clean up the mess."
"If you think of your childhood as an eighteen-year-long hypnotic induction, you'll get a better idea of how behaviors that were helpful to us as children may have taken on a life of their own and my not be helpful to us as adults."
"Defensiveness distorts our reality, causing us to spend more energy on self-preservation that on problem solving."
This was great, too:
"The difference between a small annoyance and a button is like the difference between Teflon and Velcro. It is slips off you like Teflon, it is not a button getting pushed. If, however, the incident sticks in your throat, heart or gut like Velcro, then you've probably got some unresolved fears or pain that is a button waiting to be triggered."
The authors say that when buttons get pushed, people typically get dumber, rather than smarter. "By our informal calculations, there is about a twenty-point drop in IQ."
Because of this book, now when I feel my anger rising from what someone else is saying, I tell myself, "Hey, is this defensiveness? If so, am I going to let myself get dumber or try instead to see why the button pushing is making me react poorly?"
The Secret Behind Collaboration.......2005-05-19
"As a management consultant the most important thing is to be deeply grounded in the concepts I use in the client environment. To understand the background, the deep meaning of a concept, the theory, the research, and framework connections to other theories is critical.
In Radical Collaboration I find theory, research, exercises, relevant experience from the authors, and connections to other theories integrated as a whole. The authors reflect their philosophy in each chapter by being open and sharing their own experiences, examples and struggles. They successfully create an atmosphere of curiosity where the reader is invited to explore and to make choices and find their own path to self awareness. Radical Collaboration gives me a pedagogical structure for my own understanding and better tools/exercises with clients.
This book will be an eye opener for many people around the world who want to increase their effectiveness in professional relations as well as their effectiveness in all relations. People who are not content with mediocre communication and relations will find great pleasure in the book. Radical Collaboration will be a great experience for newcomers as well as for experienced consultants."
an essential lifeskill.......2005-04-06
As a mediator and conflict resolution coach, I regularly come face to face with people's fear of conflict. This book reduces the feeling of risk by keeping the focus on the positive problem solving required to get what you need while respecting the dignity of family, friends, customers or colleagues.
It captures everything my clients pay me for at a fraction of the price. However hard you try to ignore it, everyone has some issue with someone in their life, this book will immediately help you understand, take baby steps and move toward the solution that will make for a happier relationship.
Book Description
The Fourth Edition of this internationally bestseller details the quick and easy way to master the basics of project management. Using a lively, conversational style, project management gurus Mickey Rosenau and Gregory Githens equip readers with fundamental principles and "tested-in-the-trenches" techniques for managing projects in any type of organization. They arm readers with easy-to-use tools for resolving any technical, mechanical, or personnel problem that may arise over the course of a project and break project management down into twenty-two chronological steps. Extensively revised and updated, this Fourth Edition examines the role of integration in project planning, risk-and-issues management, virtual teams, new theories, project management offices, and more! Successful Project Management, Fourth Edition is an ideal primer for students and an indispensable quick reference for experienced professionals.
Customer Reviews:
Project Management.......2002-10-15
Excelent Book. Direct to the point. I have recommended this one to other project managers and they agreed with my opinion.
Easy to get, easy to undertand.
Best Regards
Rolando Ramos
Bogota-Colombia
Best Basic Project Management Book for Product Development.......2001-04-12
I've read a number of project management books over the years, and very few of them fit at all in a product development environment. This book fits and matches product development very well. In fact, in my opinion, it is the best basic project management book on the market currently for application in product development. This shouldn't be a surprise though since Mickey Rosenau understands project management practice in the field of product development. Beware of the other authors who claim that they understand product development and then apply a traditional approach to project management. Project management in product development is different, and a traditional approach to project management doesn't work in product development. Stay away from the traditional management approach and get this book instead.
Nice book, easy to read, and ready to put in practice........1999-04-20
Excellent book, a good guide to improve project management
Customer Reviews:
Good review and helpful assessments.......2001-09-04
Read this for an MA course entitled "Team Leadership for Organizational Optimization." Nothing new but it's an easy read and Quick offers good insights and many helpful assessments. This book could be used as a helpful maintenance check for leaders and team members.
Easy to Use and Read.......2000-09-07
I do employee development and motivation seminars. I needed a book to help managers understand how and why a team is more effective than other management practices. This book gets to the point and easy to read. I use the assessments in the book and found they are very helpful to my clients. I plan on buying a copy for each of my participants.
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Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the worlds most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: Ron V. Rose, Chief Information Officer, priceline.com Delivering E-Commerce Quality and Velocity; Bertram S. Reese, Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Jerry Kevorkian, Chief Technology Officer, Sentara Healthcare - Creating a Financial Impact: A Health Care Perspective; James Sanford Phillips, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jackson Health System -The Pillars of Success; Ken Erdner, Vice President, Information Technology, Old Dominion Freight Line - Weeding Through the Fads to Find Success; Grant A. Richardson, Senior Director of Information and Technology Systems, ABX Air Inc. Adding Value to Your Organization; Tony Sabatino, Chief Technology Officer, Alamosa PCS - Everyone is Your Customer; Sean Moriarty, Chief Operations Officer, Ticketmaster Building Relationships and Overcoming Challenges; John Beale, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, City National Bank - Check Your Ego at the Door; Jerrold M. Grochow, Vice President, Information Services and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Bond Between Business and Technology; Dan A. Canzano, Vice President, Information Technology, Paychex Inc.- Using IT to Provide Premier Service; Steven C. Rubinow, Chief Technology Officer, Archipelago Holdings Inc. - A Roadmap to Success as a Technologist; Bill Grimm, Chief Information Officer, Pacific Capital Bancorp Strategies for Mid-Sized Financial Institutions; David Egbert, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Viasystems Group Inc. The Technology is the Easy Part; B. Scott McGlaun, Chief Information Officer, Synovus Financial Corp. Building and Managing a Strong Team; Lac Van Tran, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Associate Dean, Rush University Medical Center Goals of an IT Executive;
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Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: Ron V. Rose, Chief Information Officer, priceline.com - "Delivering E-Commerce Quality and Velocity"; Bertram S. Reese, Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Jerry Kevorkian, Chief Technology Officer, Sentara Healthcare - "Creating a Financial Impact: A Health Care Perspective"; James Sanford Phillips, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jackson Health System -"The Pillars of Success"; Ken Erdner, Vice President, Information Technology, Old Dominion Freight Line - Weeding "Through the Fads to Find Success"; Grant A. Richardson, Senior Director of Information and Technology Systems, ABX Air Inc. - "Adding Value to Your Organization"; Tony Sabatino, Chief Technology Officer, Alamosa PCS - "Everyone is Your Customer"; Sean Moriarty, Chief Operations Officer, Ticketmaster - "Building Relationships and Overcoming Challenges"; John Beale, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, City National Bank - "Check Your Ego at the Door"; Jerrold M. Grochow, Vice President, Information Services and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - "The Bond Between Business and Technology"; Dan A. Canzano, Vice President, Information Technology, Paychex Inc.- "Using IT to Provide Premier Service"; Steven C. Rubinow, Chief Technology Officer, Archipelago Holdings Inc. - "A Roadmap to Success as a Technologist"; Bill Grimm, Chief Information Officer, Pacific Capital Bancorp - "Strategies for Mid-Sized Financial Institutions"; David Egbert, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Viasystems Group Inc. - "The Technology is the Easy Part"; B. Scott McGlaun, Chief Information Officer, Synovus Financial Corp. - "Building and Managing a Strong Team"; Lac Van Tran, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Associate Dean, Rush University Medical Center - "Goals of an IT Executive";
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