Roger M. Schwarz - Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams: How You and Your Team Get Unstuck to Get Results

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Schwarz, Roger M., 1956

Smart leaders, smarter teams : how you and your team get unstuck to get results / Roger Schwarz. First edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-7879-8873-9 (cloth); ISBN 978-1-118-22165-5 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-23542-3 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-26023-4 (ebk)

1. Teams in the workplace. 2. Teams in the workplace Management. I. Title.

HD66.S394 2013

658.4092dc23

2012046247

For Kathleen,

Noah, and Hannah

Preface

This book is about how you and your leadership team can get better results. Drawing on my more than thirty years experience as an organizational psychologist helping leadership teams get unstuck and make solid progress, it provides practical, use-it-now advice backed by solid research to answer two of the key questions for team development: What do I do to make my team and myself more effective? and also, Why do I do it? Knowing why as well as how lets you improvise on the spot like a chef rather than plodding through a recipe and hoping the dish comes out right.

Its not simple or easytheres no magic wand or silver bullet, and I cant promise that in three or four weeks your team will be changed forever. On the other hand, no one else can really promise you that, either. Instead, I give you straightforward principles and show you how to apply them immediately to address your thorniest and most vexing challenges. If you apply these principles over time, you will find that you and your team not only get stuck far less often, you also achieve higher levels of performance, have better working relationships, and enjoy greater well-being.