Why Teams Underperform – Developing Your Leadership Skills
This free eBook explains why teams underperform and provides practical advice about how to identify and fix performance problems.
You will learn:
- The four essential behaviors you must demonstrate in order to turn around an underperforming team.
- How to deal with the problems inherent in matrix or cross-functional teams where you do not have authority over all of the team members.
- The six ‘silent barriers’ to performance that cannot be tackled directly because they result from issues that senior management prefers to ignore.
- How to recognize the symptoms of GroupThink and prevent it from becoming a problem in your team.
- How to stop Ingroup behavior having an adverse effect on your team’s performance and reputation within the organization.
Chapter 1 – Team Performance Problems
Chapter 2 – Herzberg’s Hygiene Theory of Motivation
Chapter 3 – Common Fallacies About Leading Teams
Chapter 4 – Six Silent Barriers to Performance
Chapter 5 – Five Key Team Performance Factors
Chapter 6 – Matrix Management Issues?
Chapter 7 – Qualities of Leadership
Chapter 8 – GroupThink and Ingroup Behavior
