This handbook REALLY CAN "Make it Happen"!

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	• Make it Happen- A Practical Handbook for Team Leaders,Project Managers and Facilitators to Build, Facilitate ... Tony White Golfside Publications, 2006 - 117 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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This handbook REALLY CAN "Make it Happen"!

A factor that truly makes this book more of a practical handbook verses a heavy handed text of facts-is the ease and simplicity in finding, following, and acting upon the various methods of managing and organizing any team or staff. What this book lacks in size it more than makes up for in content, making it even more ideal to keep it close by in your desk, briefcase, or work station, as opposed to being lost in your book shelf or library.Illustrations are simple and easy to follow, though not in color or glossed over which results in less of a destraction anyway.What makes it so worthwhile, as it's cost is quite minimal to begin with (under $20 US), is the fact I have already perused through it only minutes prior to a meeting of my peers, only days after reading the whole book! The point forms are easy to follow & stand out as a check list of what to do, and how to do it, and can help as a mini-refresher course, when the pressure is on and you only have minutes to get it done. Though I feel its cover is a little too glossy (I have an aversion for glossy books & mags), and yes I know we should not judge a book by its cover, but I hate giving 100% reviews. Yes, Tony White could have added more and extrapulated here and there, but then it would have lost the basic quality and ease, that he probably set out to do in the first place! If you follow this book religously like the 'office bible'it just might become, I see no reason why you can't "Make it Happen".

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"Make it Happen" is a winner

Tony White's "Make it Happen" is a terrific resource for anyone in a leadership position. His common sense approach to building the foundation for effective teams is time-tested and proven. The chapter on maintaining high performance teams is loaded with great practical tips, tools and techniques. And, since things sometimes go wrong despite our best efforts, there is a powerful chapter devoted to repairing your team. I am a big fan.

What you can expect from this book: 1.A template to help you build, or rebuild your team after a merger, acquisition, reorganization or downsizing process 2.A template to help the Team Leader who has just been promoted to leading a high-performance team 3.Numerous, simple yet highly effective tips and techniques to help you facilitate highly participative, input-driven team meetings and discussions resulting in higher levels of team motivation 4.A detailed set of coaching activities that can be implemented by you when faced with a demotivated and/or underachieving team The primary focus of this book is to help Team Leaders, reap the benefits of having a collection of individuals work together in a highly effective, productive manner to meet business goals and objectives. The primary application of the skills and strategies in this book are for ?natural? teams ? that is, a collection of individuals that make up a business unit that report to a Team Leader. In many organizations, the term ?Team Leader? is synonymous with the Supervisor or Manager position. However, if you do not lead a ?natural? team, this book will help the Project Manager in a matrix environment where team members (that do not directly report to the Project Manager) are pulled together, for a pre-defined period of time to create a product or service. Furthermore, if you are asked to lead a task force, steering committee, focus group, strategic planning initiative, legislated committee (i.e. Health & Safety Team) or some other special ?team? that necessitates a group of people to work together toward a common goal, this book will detail the core activities that are required to build, maintain, and if necessary, repair this team. No matter what type of business-related team you lead, this book is designed to help you take your team?s motivation and performance to the next level ? that is, to the level of what I refer to as a high-performance team.

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