Turning Team Performance Inside Out: Team Types and Temperament for High-Impact Results [Hardcover]

Susan Nash (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0891061363 | ISBN-13: 978-0891061366 | Publication Date: October 11, 1999 | Edition: 1St Edition

Unlike other books offering the latest system, procedure, process to improve team effectiveness, Turning Team Performance Inside Out persuasively demonstrates that the real key is to begin at the beginning: go inside the team to analyze the temperament, function and operating style of each team member.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Turning Team Performance Inside Out is sensible, balanced, and written with some insight and occasional flair. It can be used to introduce business people to type concepts and type specialists to some of the basics of team building. -- Bulletin of Psychological Type, Winter 2000

From the Inside Flap

For decades, understanding the concepts of personality type and temperament has helped us improve our communication skills and build more effective relationships. In this book, Susan Nash brings the power of these concepts to the workplace in a dynamic new model that can help individuals and teams discover their patterns of behavior, create and interpret a team's profile, and design performance improvement strategies--customized to the team--that immediately improve results. With a compelling depth of insight into the complexities of human behavior, Nash demystifies the concepts of personality type and temperament for managers and team leaders, as well as for the team members themselves. Addressing interactions between teams, both within and between organizations, and the special dynamics of virtual teams, Nash defines the five critical characteristics essential to team effectiveness--strategy, clear roles and responsibilities, open communication, rapid response to change, and effective leadership--and details how each is influenced by the personality types and temperaments of the team members as individuals. Through case studies, self-assessments, exercises, and real-life profiles of teams in action, she demonstrates how to anticipate and overcome team challenges, diagnose potential problems, and capitalize on individual and team strengths to develop high-performing teams.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; 1St Edition edition (October 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891061363
• ISBN-13: 978-0891061366
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #623,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for the business professional, December 9, 2000

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This review is from: Turning Team Performance Inside Out: Team Types and Temperament for High-Impact Results (Hardcover)

For the past five years, I have been in the business of using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator within business environments to help all levels of professionals from managers to executives understand their working style and personality pattern.

After reading Turning Team Performance Inside Out, I find Susan's method of typing to be superior to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. There are many flaws with the indicator and people end up incorrectly typed. Susan's method is also much quicker and easier to use.

Susan has taken Carl Jung's theory (the basis of Myers-Briggs' Indicator) to a new level. The exercises used are clear and extremely accurate in helping one determine his or her most comfortable process for learning and making decisions.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful tips for coaches and trainers, August 26, 2006

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This review is from: Turning Team Performance Inside Out: Team Types and Temperament for High-Impact Results (Hardcover)

Considering Susan Nash's background it was interesting to see her slant on temperament and it's application within the workplace. As a trainer, to me this is crucial for the transfer of knowledge. A handy book to have on the bookshelf.