The leadership of teams: how to develop and inspire high-performance teamwork

Abstract

Introduction -- Teams : what and why -- Leadership & teams -- Stages of team development -- Team roles -- Types of teams -- Qualities and characteristics -- Building trust -- Engaging others -- The emotional element -- Teams and accountability -- Influencing the team -- Facilitating a team -- Coaching the team -- Managing challenging behaviour -- Dealing with conflict -- Change and the team -- Dealing with politics in teams -- Derailment -- And finally the future of teams