Leading your team - Andrew Leigh

This guide is for team leaders everywhere on the practical aspects and people skills of positive teamworking, with a wealth of practical ideas, tips, quotes, case studies and examples.;The book focuses attention on the new style of leadership now required in an increasingly competitive environment, where obtaining the best from people is the main route to long-term success. The authors show what it takes to be a facilitating, supportive leader whose style unlocks personal potential.;Right from the start, the book adopts an entirely hands-on approach. It explains how to lead an inspiring team meeting, how to deliver an inspired team briefing and how to set inspiring team goals. Later chapters tackle the creation of self-managing teams, ways to develop a team, methods to review its progress, and how to ask for the moon and get it. All teams have their difficult members, and there is a useful chapter on ways to inspire a change of behaviour.;There are workable solutions for becoming an adaptable leader, and ways of harnessing the team's full power. The problems of encouraging inter-team working, and also leading cross-cultural teams are also covered in separate chapters. The final chapters explore the issue of team roles and processes, and there is a strategic view of teams as well. Andrew Leigh is the author of "20 Ways to Manage Better", and co-author (with Michael Maynard) of "The Perfect Presentation" and "Ace Teams".