Review
"Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson have done it again! After building a useful framework for team performance in TeamWork they have gone on to collect and analyze exhaustive data that enriches and extends their original work. When Teams Work Best is a gem of a book…. you can’t help but find it useful in today’s organizational world."
(LEONARD A. SCHLESINGER )
"LaFasto and Larson offer a tour de force on what makes teams successful. Building on sound theory and relying on extensive research, they offer specific, practical tools that will deliver team value. Team members, business leaders, and organization consultants should not only read, but use this work."
(DAVE ULRICH )
"When Teams Work Best provides solid practical advice and tools for improving the effectiveness of all teams…. CEO’s take note, this one’s blunt, useful, and refreshing."
(RANDY HARWARD )
"This book makes collaboration a vivid and workable concept."
(ALLAN R. COHEN )
"Too often, books on teamwork emphasize either applications over theory or theory over application; LaFasto and Larson have effectively combined a fine balance of the two that effectively details both the ‘why’ and the ‘how to’…. An excellent resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate coursework in team development."
(ANTHONY M. TOWNSEND )
"Duke Hospital has benefited from the ideas LaFasto and Larson present in this book and is a better organization because of it."
(MICHAEL D. ISRAEL )
"highly readable. . .convincing. . .a must for academic collections and required reading for professionals seeking to maximize human performance and team productivity."
(J.B. Kashner )
When Teams Work Best: 6000 Team Members and Leaders Tell What it Takes to Succeed by Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson is a practical, ‘user friendly’ guide to the harnessing power of cooperation and teamwork for increased productivity and effectiveness. Individual chapters address what makes a good team member, what makes a good leader, problem solving methodologies, and how to best promote confidence and trust. When Teams Work Best is very highly recommended for anyone charged with the corporate responsibility for cultivating business group work skills!
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Midwest Book Review )
The authors have produced an eminently practical guide to success in collaborative teamwork.
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Academic Library Review )
From the Publisher
"All work in all organizations is done through teamwork. Successful organizations and leaders recognize this and build work environments, structures and skills that allow teams and collaborative behavior to thrive. It's a difficult task however, and "When Teams Work Best" provides an unusually in-depth perspective into why. Based on over 6,000 interviews "When Teams Work Best" provides a rare view of the dynamics at work within organizations and among team members, and provides solid practical advice and tools for improving the effectiveness of all teams. CEO's take note, this one's blunt, useful, and refreshing." Randy Harward, Quality Director, Patagonia, Inc.
