The Complete Idiot's Guide to Team-Building shows first-time managers and employees how to work together as a smooth, well-oiled machine. The book shows how to: -- Avoid and manage conflict. Inspire creativity. -- Coax employees to help team members who aren't performing. -- Get everyone to pitch in. -- Gain unprecedented results and make the team enjoy going to work.

Team building is a philosophy of job design in which employees are viewed as members of interdependent teams instead of as individual workers. Team building (which is correctly spelled with two words)[citation needed] refers to a wide range of activities, presented to businesses, schools, sports teams, religious or nonprofit organizations designed for improving team performance. According to Dyer in 2007, team building was originally a group process intervention aimed at improving interpersonal relations and social interactions and has developed to include achieving results, meeting goals, and accomplishing tasks. Team building is pursued via a variety of practices, and can range from simple bonding exercises to complex simulations and multi-day team building retreats designed to develop a team (including group assessment and group-dynamic games), usually falling somewhere in between. It generally sits within the theory and practice of organizational development, but can also be applied to sports teams, school groups, and other contexts. Team building is not to be confused with "team recreation" that consists of activities for teams that are strictly recreational. Team building can also be seen in day-to-day operations of an organization and team dynamic can be improved through successful leadership. Team building is said to have benefits of self-development, positive communication, leadership skills and the ability to work closely together as a team to solve problems. Team building focuses on four methods that effect the unit : role clarification, interpersonal relationship management, goal setting, and problem solving.Work environments tend to focus on individuals and personal goals, with reward & recognition singling out the achievements of individual employees. Team building can also refer to the process of selecting or creating a new team.

This "Idiot's Guide" shows how to pump up trainers, managers, and leaders of all kinds to inspire the people who work for them.

The Enneagram system has been used for decades to help people understand their strengths and weaknesses, heal neuroses and inner conflicts, enhance creativity, strengthen workplace team-building, and aid in couples therapy. Literally thousands of workshops are held around the globe, from China to Miami. Enneagram counsellors are certified by the world Enneagram Institute, as well as by regional institutes around the world. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Power of the Enneagram, by certified teacher and counsellor Herb Pearce, gives the reader a complete workshop course in this amazing self-enrichment program and includes proven applications for nearly every important aspect of our lives- relationships, work, and spiritual and psychological development. Written from over 16 years of instructional experience, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Power of the Enneagram takes the mystery and complexity out of this rich system of analysis and allows anyone to benefit from its useful insights.

This one-of-a-kind guide shows how to turn ideas into money-making opportunities. Featured are tips on avoiding legal problems and advice on protecting that great idea from being pirated. Exercises for developing creativity and worksheets and checklists for filtering, researching, and test marketing are included.

The last word in one-on-one coaching for productivity in business. The most effective way for companies to achieve goals is by energizing their most important asset: their staff. From the executive suite to the assembly line, each staff person is a member of a team. However, keeping that team motivated is no easy task—until now with this powerful model of coaching outlined by a master coach. In any workplace, large or small, this program motivates—for power, growth, and success. • Expert author and master coach • Covers individual coaching methods for everything from the smallest businesses to the biggest corporations to faith-based organizations and churches • Applies the lifecoach phenomenon to the workplace • Includes a list of coaching resources

The one and only book on successfully staging amateur productions. In this book, drama teachers and community directors are given everything they need to know about picking the right show; licensing, casting, and budgeting; organizing a schedule; costumes, makeup, staging, lighting, and music; tickets, fundraising, programs, cast parties, and more. Illustrated with help plans and photos from actual productions. • Perfect for nonprofit organizations’ fundraising theater events and community theater groups • Complete with an extensive resource section • Illustrated with help plans and great photos from actual productions