Teams at Work: 7 Keys to Success [Paperback]

Suzanne Zoglio (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1993

An action guide for team members to strengthen performance. A step-by-step approach to identifying the key elements of effective teams. "Teams at Work" offers a clear model for diagnosing and strengthening a team. This book provides practical tools to help team members master concepts and put their knowledge into action.

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: Tower Hill Pr; 2nd edition (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941668045
• ISBN-13: 978-0941668040
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #594,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in RI into a family of eight, I graduated from Cranston High East and Rhode Island College. I taught dance and English at the Gordon School in East Providence before moving to Pennsylvania and pursuing a Masters in Counseling at Lehigh University. After 7 years in counseling, I attended Temple University where I earned my PhD in Organization Development. My first two books (Teams At Work & The Participative Leader)were published in 1992. Later I wrote Create A Life That Tickles Your Soul (a book about reinventing your life at any age),and Recharge in Minutes ( 101 ways to destress and kick up your success on a daily basis).
I now write a newspaper column, Talk About Living!, and travel around the US as a motivational speaker.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Guidance for Any Team, October 4, 2000

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Peter Grazier (Chadds Ford, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teams at Work: 7 Keys to Success (Paperback)

In this day of limited resources and time, I look for tools that one can simply give to a team for self-development. "Teams at Work" is one of those rare offerings that is so complete, simple, and practical that almost anyone can develop a functioning team by using it. For example, developing a team mission. The book walks team members through several practical steps and exercises to help them develop a team mission. The same with a team vision, and then translating this vision into team goals. Many books will discuss these in principle, but few actually offer an exercise and steps for the team to follow. And it is this way with every chapter of the book. If you want deep theory, don't buy this book. If you want something you can hand to a team and say "go to it," then this is the tool for you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teams At Work, October 24, 2000

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E. Skelley (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teams at Work: 7 Keys to Success (Paperback)

The idea - and advantages - of working together as a team is not new to me. But developing and implementing these ideas, with individuals coming out of an established non-team environment, will be more than challenging. TEAMS AT WORK gave me 7 basic fundamentals to use as a foundation to get started. More importantly, as the teams become integrated and work toward common goals, it will be a valuable resource to have on hand.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very useful, down-to-earth manual for making teams work., November 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Teams at Work: 7 Keys to Success (Paperback)

A practical, easy-to-read guide to making effective use of work teams. Although it would be useful in many different kinds of work environments, I found it particularly helpful in assessing and strengthening volunteer/staff teams in not-for-profit organizations. Goes way beyond the obvious in providing tools and sound guidance. "Teamwork" has become a management cliche; "Teams at Work" takes the team concept out of the realm of vague theory and shows how it actually works in productive organizations.