Manager Resources
Team Development Resources for Managers
Abrashoff, Michael,
It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy,
Warner Business Books, May 2002
Bellman, Geoffrey and Kathleen Ryan, Extraordinary Groups: How
Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results, Jossey-Bass, Inc., San
Francisco, 2009
Block, Peter, The Empowered Manager, Jossey-Bass Inc., San Francisco, 1997
Collins, Jim and Jerry I. Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of
Visionary Companies, Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2002
Evans, Henry J., Winning With Accountability: The Secret Language of
High-Performing Organizations, Dallas, 2008
Gilley, Jerry W. & Boughton, Nathaniel W., Stop Managing, Start Coaching!
How Performance Coaching Can Enhance Commitment and
Improve Productivity, McGraw-Hill, United States, 1996
Goleman, Daniel, Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ
, Bantam Books, U.S. and Canada, 1995
Hirsh, Sandra Krebs, Work it Out: Clues for Solving People Problems at Work,
Davies-Black Publishing, California, 1996
Horwath, Rich, Deep Dive: The Proven Method for Building Strategy,
Focusing Your Resources, and Taking Smart Action, Greenleaf Book
Group Press, Austin, TX, 2009
*Hunter, Dale, Bailey, Anne and Taylor, Bill, The Zen of Groups:
The Handbook for People Meeting With a Purpose, Fisher Books,
Tucson, AZ, 1995
Huszczo, Gregory E., Tools for Team Excellence: Getting Your Team Into High Gear and Keeping It There,
Davies-Black Publishing,
California, 1996
Johnson, David W. & Johnson, Frank P., Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills,
Sixth Edition, Allyn and Bacon, Needham Heights, 1997
Katzenbach, Jon R. & Smith, Douglas K., he Wisdom of Teams, Creating the High Performance Organization,
McKinsey & Company,
Inc., 1999
Kouzes, James M & Barry Z. Posner, The Truth about Leadership: The
No-Fads, Heart-of-the-matter Facts You Need to Know, Jossey-Bass,
San Francisco, 2010
Nash, Susan, Turning Team Performance Inside Out: Team Types and Temperament for High-Impact Results,
Davies-Black Publishing, California, 1999
Nance, John J., JD, Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight
Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care, Second River Healthcare
Press, Bozeman, MT, 2008
Schein, Edgar H., Organizational Culture and Leadership,
Second Edition, Jossey-Bass Inc., San Francisco, 1992
*Scott, Gini Graham, Work With Me! Resolving Everyday Conflict in Your Organization,
Davies-Black Publishing, California, 2000
Varney, Glenn H., Building Productive Teams: An Action Guide and Resource Book,
Jossey-Bass Inc., San Francisco, 1989
Wellins, Richard S., Byham, William C. & Wilson, Jeanne M.
Empowered Teams: Creating Self-Directed Work Groups That Improve Quality,
Productivity, and Participation, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1991
*Williams, R. Bruce, More Than 50 Ways to Build Team Consensus,
IRI/SkyLight Training and Publishing, Inc., Arlington Heights, IL, 1996
* These books offer some good exercises that could be done without a facilitator.