Building Conflict Competent Teams - Rilegato

Runde, Craig E.; Flanagan, Tim A.

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ISBN 10: 0470189479 ISBN 13: 9780470189474

Casa editrice: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2008

Riassunto

Understanding how to cool down, slow down, and engage the naturallyoccurring conflicts among team members is critical to the ultimatesuccess of a team. With this book, your team and its members willgain a deeper understanding of how conflict emerges and how torespond in ways that will leverage conflicts to their advantage.Team members will learn the importance of establishing a safe teamclimate, agreeing on processes to guide interactions, and use ofconstructive communication skills in order to develop a conflictcompetent team.

As the authors say, conflict is not to be avoided, but embracedand explored. This often results in new, previously unimaginedopportunities, solutions and results. The authors include stories,interviews, and examples that provide entertaining and thoughtprovoking insights. They dedicate one chapter to techniques andprocesses for addressing team conflict that has gone awry. Rundeand Flanagan also include useful tips and tools for assessing yourteam?s current state of conflict competence and suggestions foraddressing the challenges of today?s virtual and geographicallydispersed teams.

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The Authors

CRAIG E. RUNDE is director of new program development at the Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida.

TIM A. FLANAGAN is director of custom programs at the Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida.

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building CONFLICT COMPETENT TEAMS

Successful teams know that conflict is not to be avoided but embraced and explored. In fact, conflict often results in new, previously unimagined opportunities, solutions, and results.

Building Conflict Competent Teams provides team members with the skills to engage the inevitable conflicts and develop conflict competence. The authors demonstrate why conflict emerges within teams and how to respond in ways that will leverage conflicts to a team's advantage. Filled with stories, interviews, and examples that provide entertaining and thought-provoking insights about the nature of conflict within teams, this resource contains a wealth of techniques and processes for addressing team conflict that has gone awry. Runde and Flanagan also include useful tips and tools for assessing a team's current state of conflict competence and suggestions for addressing the challenges of today's virtual and geographically dispersed teams.

Building Conflict Competent Teams is a guide for anyone who wants to develop the self-control, self-awareness, and constructive behavior patterns that will enhance their team experience. Keep up with new developments in conflict competence at the authors' Web site—www.conflictcompetentleader.com.

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) is a top-ranked, global provider of executive education that develops better leaders through its exclusive focus on leadership education and research. Founded in 1970 as a nonprofit, educational institution, CCL helps clients worldwide cultivate creative leadership—the capacity to achieve more than imagined by thinking and acting beyond boundaries—through an array of programs, products, and other services. Ranked among the world's top providers of executive education by BusinessWeek and the Financial Times, CCL is headquartered in Greensboro, N.C., with campuses in Colorado Springs, Colo.; San Diego, Calif.; Brussels, Belgium; and Singapore. Its work is supported by more than 500 faculty members and staff.

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Building Conflict Competent Teams

Successful teams know that conflict is not to be avoided but embraced and explored. In fact, conflict often results in new, previously unimagined opportunities, solutions, and results.

Building Conflict Competent Teams provides team members with the skills to engage the inevitable conflicts and develop conflict competence. The authors demonstrate why conflict emerges within teams and how to respond in ways that will leverage conflicts to a team's advantage. Filled with stories, interviews, and examples that provide entertaining and thought-provoking insights about the nature of conflict within teams, this resource contains a wealth of techniques and processes for addressing team conflict that has gone awry. Runde and Flanagan also include useful tips and tools for assessing a team's current state of conflict competence and suggestions for addressing the challenges of today's virtual and geographically dispersed teams.

Building Conflict Competent Teams is a guide for anyone who wants to develop the self-control, self-awareness, and constructive behavior patterns that will enhance their team experience. Keep up with new developments in conflict competence at the authors' Web site—www.conflictcompetentleader.com.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0470189479
• ISBN 13: 9780470189474
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 238
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile